help - using Perl and Cgi in PhP

[Anon]

how do I use the perl and cgi language from php interface? please help
thank you

[Anon]

CGI is not a language, it is a standard for passing information from an http server (Apache, IIS, etc) to an external handler (another program); hence the name "Common Gateway Interface".

Perl is a language that can be used as such an external handler, PHP is another language that can be used that way. Web servers can be configured to use either.

When used as CGI handlers, the CGI passes information to the program, then takes the output from STDOUT of the program (Perl or PHP) and sends it back to the browser.

What exactly are you trying to do?

[Anon]

Hello,
Can anyone tell me how to get a variable from a cgi script and use it with in a PHP script as a PHP variable?
I am now refering my CGI Scripts using virtual(some.cgi?) function.
Just say,I give my cgi function a 5+3
can any one tell me how to get the result(which is 8)out from cgi and make it a PHP variable???