Posted by Andy Pieters on 04/08/05 19:17

HI

Suggestion 1: configure apache to parse files with php extension thru php
binary
Suggestion 2: place a shebang on the start of the php file
like
#! /usr/bin/php
Suggestion 3: rewrite your script and have the php script call the perl ;-)

Tada

Andy

On Friday 08 April 2005 07:05, Eli wrote:
> with some parameters.
> When running the perl program throu unix shell, then perl executes the
> PHP program as expected, and returns its output.
> When running the perl program throu Apache (using cgi-bin on a browser),
> then perl opens the PHP file for reading and doesn't execute the PHP
> script, and returns the PHP code of the script.
>
> The Perl line trying to execute the PHP script is:
>
> open (PIPE,"./my_prog.php $arg1 $arg2 |");
> while (<PIPE>)
> $res=$res.$_;
> print "got:\n",$res;
>
> Does anyone have any clue why Perl behaves differently on different
> enviorments?
> OR: does anyone have a suggestion for a stable solution?
>
> -thanks, Eli

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Feel free to check out these few
php utilities that I released under the GPL2 and
that are meant for use with a php cli binary:
http://www.vlaamse-kern.com/sas/
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