using ssi in PHP

[chaos03]

in HTML files, you can use:
<!--#exec cgi="script.cgi" -->
and:
<!--#include virtual="file.txt" -->

so how do use both of these in a php file? Thanks


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Matt Dewinter
Compucrap.com

[adam_shep]

You can include files in PHP using:

<?php
include("yourfile.inc");
?>

I'm not sure how you execute a cgi script, other than just saying:

echo("<!--#exec cgi="script.cgi" -->");

Anybody else know?

[Kevin Yank]

This should do the trick:

passthru("script.cgi");

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[Karl]

If you have apache compiled as a module, most ISPs do. then try the following:
<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">code/font><HR><pre>
virtual ('cgitoexecute.cgi');
[/code]
I think I remember reading that it was slightly quicker to use virtual.

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Karl Austin
KDA Web Services
"Everyone has a photographic memory. Some just don't have film."

[Karl]

Kevin's suggestion above mine should work for you.

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Karl Austin
KDA Web Services
"Everyone has a photographic memory. Some just don't have film."

[Will_B]

Hi,
On one of my new servers,(it's a virtual server), my hosting company recently moved to php4. I thought Wonderful!
I ran into a problem however that the call
virtual ('cgitoexecute.cgi');
didn't work!
I emailed support and they told me that php was installed as cgi rather than apache module---so the virtual() call will not work.
Does anyone know of a workaround? I really will appreciate the help/input.
I need to be able to add polls etc. Thanks in advance, there's got to be a workaround?

[Will_B]

thanks Karl, but it didn't work. I am doing correctly aren't I?
&lt;?
passthru("/cgi-bin/cgi-script.pl");
?&gt;
thanks. this is getting ridiculous.

[Kevin Yank]

You need to specify the full path (including your home directory) for the passthru function. For example:

passthru('/home/username/public_html/cgi-bin/cgi-script.pl');

If this doesn't work, let us know what error message (if any) you are getting.

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http://www.SitePoint.com/
Helping Small Business Grow Online!

[Will_B]

First, let me say thanks for the help.
Now, the bad part....it still doesn't work and doesn't give an error.
This is Exactly what I have in place:

&lt;?
passthru("/home/tripsmarter/www/cgi-bin/qpoll31.pl?poll_id=999997&action=replace");
?&gt;

Now, I know the poll script works, when inserted into an html page via ssi, it works like a champ.

I'm stumped....any more ideas? (btw, I already have requests into the host to install PHP4 as an apache module---doesn't mean they'll do it---I'm hoping...) Still, I would like to know a solution, surely this has happened to someone else? I hope someone else can benefit from my troubles.

thanks again all---I hope there's a solution.

[Karl]

Just to make Kevins code a bit more portable you can use this instead:
<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">code/font><HR><pre>
passthru ( getenv ( 'DOCUMENT_ROOT' ).'/cgi-bin/cgi-script.pl' );
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As for the reason it is not working I don't know, what result is the passthru returning e.g. place echo in front of passthru and see what it prints out.

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Karl Austin
KDA Web Services
"Everyone has a photographic memory. Some just don't have film."

[Kevin Yank]

The problem is that you're attempting to call your script with a query string, when in fact passthru() runs the script like a program. If you type

/home/tripsmarter/www/cgi-bin/qpoll31.pl?poll_id=999997&action=replace

on the Unix command line, it won't work, will it?

The alternative is to load the script like a Web page in PHP and then incorporate the results into your page:

$doc = fopen('http://localhost/cgi-bin/qpoll31.pl?poll_id=999997&action=replace','r');

$docdata = fread($doc,1024*1024); // Read up to 1MB

fclose($doc);

echo($docdata);

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-Kevin Yank.
http://www.SitePoint.com/
Helping Small Business Grow Online!