Calling PHP from CGI & Return values...

[arenaTR]

If I write a CGI script that, as a part, calls a PHP script, can the PHP
script return a value to the caller? Is this something that is done. I
know it seems like I shoudl just do everything in the PHP script, but
unfortunately, at this time, that's not possible. Of course, we're talking
about all server-side stuff. Thank you in advance for your help.

[CountScubula]

Re: Calling PHP from CGI & Return values...

"arenaTR" <arenaTR@comcas t.net> wrote in message
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> If I write a CGI script that, as a part, calls a PHP script, can the PHP
> script return a value to the caller? Is this something that is done. I
> know it seems like I shoudl just do everything in the PHP script, but
> unfortunately, at this time, that's not possible. Of course, we're[/color]
talking[color=blue]
> about all server-side stuff. Thank you in advance for your help.
>
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Short answer , Yes.

If you are writing the CGI in perl, you can do something like this:

$return = `php -q scriptname.php param1 param2`;

and use print statements in your php script, and all output will be in var
$return

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