PHP can include Text/HTML from CGI but not from Text/CSS?

Question

There's no problem to include cgi output with php except when it is Text/CSS. I tried to do so with:

<?php echo system('./cgi-bin/stylegallery.cgi'); ?>

As you can see here, it returns blank: http://reboltutorial.com/gallery/stylegallery.php

whereas the cgi is returning something: http://reboltutorial.com/cgi-bin/stylegallery.cgi

I tried to add content-type:

<?php header("Content-type: text/css"); ?>
<?php echo system('./cgi-bin/stylegallery.cgi'); ?>

But nothing changed. Any idea why ? Thanks.

Kai · Accepted Answer · 2009-12-10 21:16:16Z

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According to the PHP docs, system() only returns the last line of output from your executed script.

The passthru() function might be more suited for what you're trying to do.

answered Dec 10, 2009 at 21:16

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Christian P. Over a year ago

Bear in mind that passthru takes a return variable and the function itself returns void. You would have to do something along the lines of: $returnvar = ''; passthru('./cgi-bin/stylegallery.cgi', $returnvar); echo $returnvar;

Rebol Tutorial Over a year ago

I don't understand your answer as this works for Text/HTML so that reason would also apply to Text/HTML ? Now also try passthru maybe it will work better :). Thanks.

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