Need PHP Perl expert for exec() functio

[Anon]

Looking for someone experienced in PHP and Perl who knows about using PHP's exec() function to call Perl ?

I need to pass a string to execute an existing Perl script while my PHP script continues (does not wait for Perl to complete).

Thanks,
Peter

[brandonschnell]

exec("/path/to/your_perl_script.pl > /dev/null 2>&1 &");

if i remember correctly will send any output to /dev/null and allow the script to resume.

[Anon]

Hi Brandon,
I'm not sure how to build the string which to pass to Perl and where to insert within exec ?.
exec("/path/to/your_perl_script.pl $message > /dev/null 2>&1 &");

My Perl script is looking for sets of var=value pairs named @message (I know very little about Perl but believe the @ means an array ? so I am doubtfull the following string would work:
Name=Peter\n; email=[e-mail]\n; addr=12 hill st.\n; city=Mytown;
$message=$Name.$email.$addr.$city;
the first problem with the above is that I have lost the var=value pairs !

Thanx