how do you call php from within perl?

[cleansedbb]

I have a perl script which does mysql calls. it's easier to do more complex calls in php so I want to call my script and just pass the $result field to be printed.

my question is how to I call php? just add <?php ?> in the perl script?

thanks for your input

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[BenRussell]

It would probably be much slower to use the method you are using. The way I do MySQL calls in Perl is to make subroutines to make the process easier. One called db_connect (to connect to the DB), one called db_query (to query the database) and then db_disconnect.

If you design these right, it makes it much easier to interface with MySQL. - Ben

 

[goBoating]

PHP only runs in a web server context. PHP output is generally something that looks like a web page coming from a web server. You can make an http request for a web page with perl using the LWP module.

However, I agree with Ben, that you'd be over-complicating the situation. The Perl DBI/DBD architecture works very well with MySQL. If you are having problems with it, I'd post specific questions here and/or get a copy of &quot;Programming the Perl DBI&quot; by Descarte and Bunce, published by O'Reilly. 'hope this helps

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[cleansedbb]

thanks for the input I'll be looking for the book and may be posting other ?'s