Unable to run CGI in PHP

[ssmoore]

I am trying to run a Perl CGI script from PHP with no success. The script requires input paramters. Here are some of the commands that I have tried. Thanks for any help that you can give.

//virtual ("/development/cgi-bin/demo2.cgi?site_id=4&date=2008-03-24");
//include "/development/cgi-bin/demo2.cgi?site_id=4&date=2008-03-24";
//echo @stripslashes( @join( @file( "/development/cgi-bin/demo2.cgi?site_id=4&date=2008-03-24" ),"" )
//$url = "../development/cgi-bin/demo2.cgi?site_id=4&date=2008-03-24";
//file_get_contents($url); //echo exec("/development/cgi-bin/demo2.cgi?site_id=4&date=2008-03-24");
//$result = exec("/development/cgi-bin/demo2.cgi?site_id=4&date=2008-03-24");
//print($result);

Thanks.

[NogDog]

Try:

$result = shell_exec("/development/cgi-bin/demo2.cgi?site_id=4&date=2008-03-24");

[NogDog]

I just realized you are calling it with a URL query string, so you may need to do something like:

$url = "http://localhost/development/cgi-bin/demo2.cgi?site_id=4&date=2008-03-24";
$result = file_get_contents($url);

[ssmoore]

Hmmm...I tried both of those options but no go. I don't get any errors, just a blank page.

[NogDog]

Just to make sure: did you echo $result after running those commands?

[ssmoore]

No I didn't (duh). It works now. Thanks for all of your help!!