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how can I start a PHP script from a prel sript?

I have sometimes a problem with a mySQL server. Every time it is away i will start a PHP script to get the current systeminfo. Do anyone know how to code this??


TIA
joking

can i start a script without Location or img ?

Perl and PHP are different languages. Perl can't directly interpret a PHP script, and vice versa.

Are the Perl and PHP scripts CGI scripts, or shell scripts?

You'll have to explain more about what problem you're trying to solve.

Addition to Dave: if you can call the php script from shell, you can try exec() and system()

or, if you just want to get the output of that php script, you can use a socket to connect, or use LWP...

Thanks, I've coded it with system()...

also, if you want to capture output (set it to a perl variable), you can use backticks

$result = `SHELL COMMAND`;

or use qx//;

$result = qx/SHELL COMMAND/;

`` and qx// are (nearly) the same...