Passing or returnin php array to Perl

santosh_vjit has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

Hi , i have a event which triggers for every 15min here i need to inovke a php file which contains array structure which i need to use in perl invoke function .

 
my $ua = LWP::UserAgent->new;
  $ua->timeout(120);

  $HA_HTTP_GET_URL .= htt://10.0.x.x/ui/sample.php;
  my $response = $ua->get($HA_HTTP_GET_URL);
  if ($response->is_success)
  {
    $HA_HTTP_GET_TRY_COUNT = 0;
  }
  else
  {
    $HA_HTTP_GET_TRY_COUNT++;
  }
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Actually im expecting $response to conatin the array structure which is returned from sample.php file. Can u please suggest if there is any other way to get that array structure .

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Re: Passing or returnin php array to Perl by Anonyrnous Monk (Hermit) on Dec 20, 2010 at 13:13 UTC
HTTP can only transfer serialized data structures (stream of bytes). So, without knowing how the PHP script is serializing the array (JSON, XML, home-grown, ...?), it's hard to tell how the Perl side should deserialize it...	[reply]
Re: Passing or returnin php array to Perl by samarzone (Pilgrim) on Dec 20, 2010 at 14:11 UTC
Use json. sample.php page would return json encoded string and then you should decode `$response` for the data structure you require. JSON::XS is a good module to look at. -- Regards - Samar	[reply] [d/l]