Perl Script in PHP

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I have a perl script, which takes a query string parameter, connects to a database and displays data.

I'd like to include that script in a PHP file like so:

include('perlscript.pl?item=302');

Such that the perl script's response is displayed on the PHP/HTML page.

How can I do this?

mob · Accepted Answer · 2010-03-19 04:58:46Z

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With backticks?

echo `/path/to/perl perlscript.pl item=302`

answered Mar 19, 2010 at 4:58

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Eevee Over a year ago

If the 302 is coming from the query, this may leave you wide open to shell injection! Unfortunately PHP has no safe execution mechanism; you'll have to escapeshellarg manually.

Scuzzy · Accepted Answer · 2010-03-19 05:44:12Z

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If safe_mode is on or shell_exec is disabled, one option is to fetch the content of your script using fopen() or using curl.

answered Mar 19, 2010 at 5:44

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