php exec();

[Sam]

hi,

i've been trying to create a php script that writes some text to a
file, then runs the perl interpreter on the file and shows the output.
it works ok when valid perl is written to the file, so if i use 'print
"hello world";' then it outputs 'hello world'. the problem is, if i
enter invalid perl code, such as 'blahblahblah;' , it outputs nothing.
i'd like the php script to be able to get the error/output. does anyone
know of a way to do this?

thanks in advance.

[theCancerus]

Re: php exec();


hi SAM,

i think you should use shell_exec function.
it Execute command via shell and return complete output as string

or you can also try proc_open -- Execute a command and open file
pointers for input/output

regards
Amit


On Dec 11, 5:38 am, "Sam" <samkl...@gmail .comwrote:

hi,
>
i've been trying to create a php script that writes some text to a
file, then runs the perl interpreter on the file and shows the output.
it works ok when valid perl is written to the file, so if i use 'print
"hello world";' then it outputs 'hello world'. the problem is, if i
enter invalid perl code, such as 'blahblahblah;' , it outputs nothing.
i'd like the php script to be able to get the error/output. does anyone
know of a way to do this?
>
thanks in advance.