Perl/CGI & PHP

[Anon]

Is it possible to call a cgi script within a PHP script. here is the scenario:

I have a PHP file, which interacts with a database to get some data and format that data. Within this script I want to be able to call a perl CGI script which does some number crunching and returns this as a result. I then want to include this number within my original PHP script. Is there anyway to do this. if so has anyone got a sample?

Thanks

[Anon]

exec() or fopen() would be the place to start looking.

You'll have to remeber that PHP will be running as sombody like 'nobody' if you get permission errors, you'll prolly be getting into the realms of suid scripts, be very careful if this is the case.

Bealers