Grygonos, i disagree with you.

Clearly this is a stub or test script (as the OP noted below above, but it seemed obvious to me), and there are plenty of reasons one might want to call Perl from PHP

Besides, i think this is a valid question purely for its academic value. Other seekers/posters will likely be able to find information they need from this topic; it is well-titled, succinct and asks a very specific question.

So, i've downvoted your node, and voted NOT to remove/consider it the original question. It seemed fair to me to let you know why and so forth, even if this node ends up being very 'meta-perlmonks.'

cheers!
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