can i run perl within PHP???

KingPhoenix

My host only normally allows perl scripts to be run within the cgi-bin directory,

If i could implement a perl script within a php script, would this allows the perl script to work???

If so how do i get php to take perl?

jayant

exec should help.

<?php
exec("perl perlscript.pl",$output);
?>

KingPhoenix

sorry... i dont think i was clear.......

I dont want to execute a perl script, i actually wanted to run perl commands within a PHP script.

Im trying to write a script to automatically chmod files, but PHP will only do it if the files are chowned to apache.apache

this is obviously no good for people that dont have root access..... however i have a perl script that does it regardless of ownership..... but some server require perl to be run within cgi-bin, but i want to keep all the files together,

I hope that explains it a bit better.

Truti

It is NOT porsible... as every time the webserver check a html page for <?php tags, every thing between the start and end tag are been send to the PHP engine... In you case there is no PHP engine, so you will just get a error massage!

sorry!

alainn

It is possible.
However, you will need to be a little creative.
First, create a unique session number, and use it to create a file. Use this file to write your perl commands, wait a few milss, execute the file, check wether the execution went right, and then delete the file.
If you are the only one to use this script, you may very well dispense with the unique session number.

Now, for my part, I would be quite nervous to put a chmoding script online. I would at the very least password protect it and built some security by limiting the script to some part of the filesystem (simple parsing).