executable program + php

[nokia]

I am using a compiled program to build my home page.

The compiled program builds the page line-by-line, by starting it with:

Content-type: text/html\n\n

I would like to add some php functions to the output. But I do not know how.

The output of the form:

Content-type: text/html


<? phpinfo() ?>

doesn't not work.

I have searched all the web but I found no solution.

I am using Apache 2 + php 4.

[Weedpacket]

If your compiled program can output the page without headers, you can have it create the page as a file, and then have PHP include() it. I don't know if include() reads pipes, but if it can it might make things easier.

Or (and still leaving out the headers), use [man]shell_exec[/man] or the equivalent backtick operator (have a poke around at the other system call functions) and read the program's output into a variable, say, $page.

Then call

eval("?>$page<?php");

to run it.

[nokia]

Thank you for the quick response.

Your suggestion works - I have already tested it. But there is a problem when I want some send some arguments to the compiled program.

I heard there maybe is a way by using an output filter with apache2 - but I do not know how.