execute perl CGI from PHP

[w i l l]

I am trying to execute a perl CGI from within a PHP script. I have
tried the following notation without success.

<?php include("http://" . $_SERVER['SERVER_NAME'] .
"/somedir/afile.cgi"); ?>

The CGI works on it's own without problems. Is this a limitation of
PHP?

Thanks,
w i l l

[Luke Ross]

Hi,

w i l l wrote:

> I am trying to execute a perl CGI from within a PHP script. I have
> tried the following notation without success.
>
> <?php include("http://" . $_SERVER['SERVER_NAME'] .
> "/somedir/afile.cgi"); ?>
>
> The CGI works on it's own without problems. Is this a limitation of
> PHP?

include() brings in another PHP file rather than requesting another page.

Under Apache you can use virtual("/somedir/afile.cgi"); to execute a
subrequest.

If you're not using Apache, but have URL wrapper turned on, you can use:
$fd = fopen("http://" . $_SERVER['SERVER_NAME'] . "/somedir/afile.cgi",
"r");
fpassthru($fd);

Or as someone else has suggested, you could run it directly using the
system execution functions if the script is on the same machine.

Regards,

Luke