[prog] Calling a perl program from within PHP

Sat Nov 13 19:16:24 EST 2004

Gareth Anderson wrote:
> Hi everyone,
> 
> Sorry for asking so many questions, but I'm confused with this.
> 
> I've got it so that I have a PHP wrapper to my perl function, it works
> fine on my server (which is a tempory server on my computer that I'm
> using to test), excluding that fact that it can't find the variables
> passed to it from the form...
> 
> Without bugging you all with code (attached if your curious), is there
> any reason why I couldn't use say where I have an text input in html.
> name = "full_name"

Not attached as far as I can see.  Your index.html doesn't seem to have 
html in it.

Try this simple test:

test.html
------------------
<html>
<head>
<title>test</title>
</head>
<body>
<form action="test.php" method="post">
<input type="text" name="testname" value="1234">
<input type="submit" name="submit">
</body>
</html>

test.php
------------------
In test.php, let's see what we got in.
<?

foreach ("testname", "submit") as $key {
    print "$key -> $_POST[$key]<BR>";
}
?>

If my off-the-top-of-my-head PHP compiles and works (there could be a 
bug or two) then you should print out
     testname -> 1234
     submit -> submit

or whatever you put in the text box.

If you're not getting this then try $HTTP_POST_VARS[$key].  If that 
still doesn't work then you have a more serious problem.

All the best,

    Jacinta

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