Re: [PHP-DB] Embedding Perl

[Andrey Hristov]

: There is a solution but I don't know how good is it?
I'm not sure but the name of the project is PHPerl or something about it.


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On Wednesday 24 October 2001 12:05 pm, you wrote:
 I have a small situation where it would be good to be able to embed a
 perl routing in a php script. Is this possible? Or do I need to pass
 control from php to a perl script and return?

 A quick synopsis would be (in pseudo code)

 ?php
   if($theFileType == pdf {
   // call convert.pl to get a thumbnail
   }
   else {
   // other file type processing
   }
 ?


 Alternatively, is there a module that can take a pdf file and make a
 thumbnail of the first page?


 Thanks,
 Terry


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Re: [PHP-DB] Embedding Perl

[Terry Romine]

Ok, I found snippets that talk about using either exec() or backticks. 
The problem is that it still doesn't call the perl script. Or at least 
doesn't seem to.

exec(convert-pdf.pl Blank.gif,$out);
echo(implode(\n,$out));
$out = `convert-pdf.pl Blank.gif`;
echo($out);

If I run
perl convert-pdf.pl Blank.gif
from the shell, it responds with 135x105 and creates a secondary file. 
This is what the script is meant to do. Calling it in either of the 
example above, results in either an Array or nothing being displayed. No 
secondary file gets created.


On Wednesday, October 24, 2001, at 11:05 AM, Terry Romine wrote:

 I have a small situation where it would be good to be able to embed a 
 perl routing in a php script. Is this possible? Or do I need to pass 
 control from php to a perl script and return?

 A quick synopsis would be (in pseudo code)

 ?php
   if($theFileType == pdf {
   // call convert.pl to get a thumbnail
   }
   else {
   // other file type processing
   }
 ?


 Alternatively, is there a module that can take a pdf file and make a 
 thumbnail of the first page?


 Thanks,
 Terry


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Re: [PHP-DB] Embedding Perl

[Sheridan Saint-Michel]

You have to put the actual command in the exec or backticks as you would
type it in your shell, not just the filename.  So instead of

$out = `convert-pdf.pl Blank.gif`;

Try

$out = `perl convert-pdf.pl Blank.gif`;

Sheridan Saint-Michel
Website Administrator
FoxJet, an ITW Company
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- Original Message -
From: Terry Romine [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wednesday, October 24, 2001 3:23 PM
Subject: Re: [PHP-DB] Embedding Perl


 Ok, I found snippets that talk about using either exec() or backticks.
 The problem is that it still doesn't call the perl script. Or at least
 doesn't seem to.

 exec(convert-pdf.pl Blank.gif,$out);
 echo(implode(\n,$out));
 $out = `convert-pdf.pl Blank.gif`;
 echo($out);

 If I run
 perl convert-pdf.pl Blank.gif
 from the shell, it responds with 135x105 and creates a secondary file.
 This is what the script is meant to do. Calling it in either of the
 example above, results in either an Array or nothing being displayed. No
 secondary file gets created.


 On Wednesday, October 24, 2001, at 11:05 AM, Terry Romine wrote:

  I have a small situation where it would be good to be able to embed a
  perl routing in a php script. Is this possible? Or do I need to pass
  control from php to a perl script and return?
 
  A quick synopsis would be (in pseudo code)
 
  ?php
  if($theFileType == pdf {
  // call convert.pl to get a thumbnail
  }
  else {
  // other file type processing
  }
  ?
 
 
  Alternatively, is there a module that can take a pdf file and make a
  thumbnail of the first page?
 
 
  Thanks,
  Terry


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