execute perl from within PHP

[Anon]

How can I pass some variables to a perl script and have this perl script pass these variables to another server/perl script.

Can I call perl as follows ?
<?
php
$card_number = "3444333322221111";
$card_name = "Tom Johnes";

$execfile = "perl auth.cgi '$card_number' '$card_name'";

exec($execfile,$result);

I there a way to have Perl "perl_auth.cgi" send these variables to another server using a SSL HTTP header similar to a PHP Header(location https://
I don't know any Perl, can this be done in this fashion ?
The reason why I cannot simply use a PHP header is that my .php file laready contains one header(location.

Many thanks,
Peter Morrissette

[Anon]

Peter,

There is a way to do SSL request to secure server from PHP.

Use de CURL - PHP Extencion.

There are some good examples at
http://www.php.net/manual/

[Anon]

I'm aware of CURL and looked at the examples at php.net. I am running aps on two server and and CURL would make it easy to move data however both server admins will not install CURL just for me nor will they give me root access. Thus the reason for wanting to call Perl !