PHP Variables to PERL

[Anon]

I am trying to use a 3rd party perl script within php.

The problem I am having is passing the variables from the php to the perl (I have succeeded the other way).

When I use ARGV[] within the perl having called the script using
$execfile = "perl auth.cgi $var1 $var2";, entries with spaces get split into different ARGV[] variables.

I of course do not want this to happen, and the 3rd party script wants strings with spaces or it will barf (there may also be a different quantity of spaces).

I wish to execute this file halfway through the PHP as input and the result has an effect of the outcome of the php script.

Am I going about this the wrong way

Thank you in advance =🙂

[Anon]

Have you tried to surrount the vars with quotes?

$execfile = "perl auth.cgi '$var1' '$var2'";

If the perl script is cgi, you might be able to create a post/get type paramerter also, urlencoded:

perl auth.cgi "var1=$var1&var2=$var2"

Just some thoughts.

[Anon]

Thanks Chad

I thoght I had tried all the options, and as always it must have been the only one I had not.

I owe you a pint.

Regards

Thomas Ashbee