Perl in php

[lakshmananindia]

I have the following PHP script which will call a perl script.

<?php

echo exec("/usr/bin/perl  /home/lakshmanan/public_html/perl.pl");

?>

The perl script will just print the username of the currently logged in user.

 

The problem is as follows:

If I run the script in the localhost "php print.php", it is printing the output from the perl script.

 

But if I run the same php script in webserver, it is not printing the output. What may be the problem?

 

Please help?

[Mark Baker]

couple of possibilities spring immediately to mind:

priviliges (e.g. webserver running as a different user),

directory paths

[alphanumetrix]

A lot of pearl features you don't even have to call from directories on some servers. IE: if I were to call Pearl's SMTP Mail - I would write:

<?php


include("Mail.php");

?>

 

That automatically pulls it from /us/bin/pear/ or whatever the directory is.