Re^2: Running PHP

itub, I see what you have done, but not sure how this differs from the CGI redirect I do to run my PHP script from my Perl. Also, it doesn't solve the problem I have passing data (It would be cool if there was an PHP version of HTML::Template).

I thought I might we able to print the PHP as a here doc, but that bombed as well. Thanks.

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Re^3: Running PHP by itub (Priest) on Apr 16, 2005 at 21:34 UTC
I can think of three ways of passing data to PHP: Call it as a real CGI, using LWP to connect to your web server Emulate the CGI environment by setting variables such as $ENV{REQUEST_METHOD} and $ENV{QUERY_STRING}. The problem is that PHP is usually compiled in a way that disallows this for security reasons. Create the PHP script on the fly, including the data there. A simple example would be this: `# multiply $x by $y using php use IPC::Open2; my $x = 5; my $y = 7; my $php = "<? echo $x * $y ?>"; my ($r, $w); my $pid = open2($r, $w, 'php -q'); print $w $php; close $w; my $result = <$r>; print "$x * $y = $result\n";` [download]	[reply] [d/l]

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Re^3: Running PHP
by itub (Priest) on Apr 16, 2005 at 21:34 UTC

Call it as a real CGI, using LWP to connect to your web server
Emulate the CGI environment by setting variables such as $ENV{REQUEST_METHOD} and $ENV{QUERY_STRING}. The problem is that PHP is usually compiled in a way that disallows this for security reasons.

Create the PHP script on the fly, including the data there. A simple example would be this:

# multiply $x by $y using php
use IPC::Open2;

my $x = 5;
my $y = 7;
my $php = "<? echo $x * $y ?>";

my ($r, $w);
my $pid = open2($r, $w, 'php -q');                                  

print $w $php;
close $w;
my $result = <$r>;
print "$x * $y = $result\n";
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