[SOLVED] PERL go to a website

[daveoffy]

I need a way to load a site using perl. I have a program set up and if they meet everything required i want it to load the site. I have all done but the way to open up the internet broswer and load the site.

[corbin]

Would the Perl script be executing on the client or server?

[daveoffy]

client.

[corbin]

Ok, good, because it wouldn't be possible from the server side (and it would be redundant, since the client would most likely be viewing it in a browser ;p).

 

 

Hrmmm, I would imagine in Perl there is something like PHP's exec command.  You could use that to do something like:

 

 

exec('<path to browser> http://google.com/');

 

 

Assuming the browser would open with a parameter like that.

 

 

It might not be possible, or you might have to use a COM object or something.  The COM object would be destroyed when the Perl script ended though, so that might not work.

 

 

 

I'll google around later, but someone with more Perl experience than I might come along ;p.

[trq]

What exactly do you want to do with the site once it is loaded? Does it need to be loaded in a browser? Seems curl might be what your looking for but we need more details.

[corbin]

Hrmmm true....  I was thinking for some reason he wanted to open up a browser, but perhaps that is his solution, not his goal.