Perl and PHP

Anon

OK, could I run a PHP script, say a counter) using a Perl script to call it by SSI so it can be run from diffrent websites off of mine? If they call the Perl script by an <IMG> tag, and the Perl script called the PHP by SSI, could I have the Perl script display the output of the PHP? Anyone understand what I mean? Help!!

Anon

I just want to know PHP in detail

Anon

I just want to know PHP in detail

I just want to be a millionaire ;-)

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Anon

i think i understand...

i don't think you need SSI, either (unless i'm missing something); if you've got the cgi php binary the perl script should be able to call it directly.

in fact, i don't see any reason why you need to use anything other than php at all ;-) i've got php images on my site and they work fine ;-) remember that each image is a seperate http request, and is thus not sensitive to the location of the calling page.

Anon

Oh boy... well the server I am on has PHP 3.0.12 so I can't do much with images. I have no clue if they have the CGI PHP binary... I could e-mail then but that would be another months wait. I also need the script to be called from other sites so I don't know what to do!!! lol, HEEEELLLLPPPPP!!!!

Anon

okay. i'm trying to work out exactly what are you trying to do.

so far i've been able to gather that you're using perl to draw the image, which is being called from wherever. that sounds fine.

am i right in thinking that the data upon which the perl script bases the image is coming from a php script?

now: are you using unix, and if you are, can you run php at the command line? you can test this by having a look in the usual /bin/ directories and seeing if php is in there, or just by typing "php <scriptname>" at the prompt.

if this test suceeds, then you can probably call the php directly from your perl script. if not, then you might be able to use SSI, but i've never used it myself, so you will have to look elsewhere for enlightenment ;-)

so; the answer is probably yes: it is possible. it sounds like going an awful way around the houses, though.

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