perl not executing from PHP

ebohatch · 06-29-2010, 01:45 PM

I have a php module with the following:
<?php
echo "
<HTML>
<HEAD>
<TITLE>web Gallery</TITLE>
</HEAD>
<BODY>
<P>
web gallery
";
exec("perl simple.pl");
echo "
</p>
</BODY>
</HTML>
";
?>

It never executes the perl program simple.pl

If I run CMD it runs the program just fine??

I have a Win 7 system running following:
Apache/2.2.14 (Win32)
DAV/2 mod_ssl/2.2.14
OpenSSL/0.9.8l mod_autoindex_color
PHP/5.3.1 mod_apreq2-20090110/2.7.1
mod_perl/2.0.4
Perl/v5.10.1

To the begining of the PATH variable I haave added
C:\xampp\perl\bin;C:\Program Files\ImageMagick-6.6.2-Q16;

These were installed with Xampp.

Any help will be appreciated, I have some older php and perl modules that used to work (2006) with older Apache/PHP/Perl versions. but I am just getting back to them now.

xmassey · 07-17-2010, 03:01 PM

Hey,

Try adding the perl shebang to the beginning of the string.

E.g.

Code:

<?php
exec("/usr/bin/perl; perl simple.pl", $output); 
echo implode($output);
?>

If you just want to "print" the output of the perl script I find the easiest way is to use the include function (note that you must provide a "full" URL).

E.g.

Code:

<?php
$include_url = 'http://www.domain.com/simple.pl';
include($include_url);
?>

Chris

06-29-2010, 01:45 PM	#1
ebohatch New User Join Date: Jun 2010 Webmaster Discussions: 1 Rep Power: 2	perl not executing from PHP I have a php module with the following: <?php echo " <HTML> <HEAD> <TITLE>web Gallery</TITLE> </HEAD> <BODY> <P> web gallery "; exec("perl simple.pl"); echo " </p> </BODY> </HTML> "; ?> It never executes the perl program simple.pl If I run CMD it runs the program just fine?? I have a Win 7 system running following: Apache/2.2.14 (Win32) DAV/2 mod_ssl/2.2.14 OpenSSL/0.9.8l mod_autoindex_color PHP/5.3.1 mod_apreq2-20090110/2.7.1 mod_perl/2.0.4 Perl/v5.10.1 To the begining of the PATH variable I haave added C:\xampp\perl\bin;C:\Program Files\ImageMagick-6.6.2-Q16; These were installed with Xampp. Any help will be appreciated, I have some older php and perl modules that used to work (2006) with older Apache/PHP/Perl versions. but I am just getting back to them now.

07-17-2010, 03:01 PM	#2
xmassey Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Webmaster Discussions: 98 Rep Power: 27	Re: perl not executing from PHP Hey, Try adding the perl shebang to the beginning of the string. E.g. Code: <?php exec("/usr/bin/perl; perl simple.pl", $output); echo implode($output); ?> If you just want to "print" the output of the perl script I find the easiest way is to use the include function (note that you must provide a "full" URL). E.g. Code: <?php $include_url = 'http://www.domain.com/simple.pl'; include($include_url); ?> Chris

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