pgrevents Posted June 16, 2009 Share Posted June 16, 2009 Ok what I am trying to do is send an argument to a perl file to execute im making headway but there is an error here is my code <? php shell_exec('/usr/bin/php get_iplayer --info > testfile.txt'); ?> The error is getting printed to a text file thats what the > testfile.txt is the error is X-Powered-By: PHP/5.2.8 Content-type: text/html <br /> <b>Parse error</b>: syntax error, unexpected T_STRING in <b>/home/steve/public_html/get_iplayer/get_iplayer</b> on line <b>1610</b><br /> No only when I put the /usr/bin/php in the shell_exec do I get any printout whatsoever. I know this script works as I use putty to print that command is there anything on the php side to eliminate this. I think the reason it does error is cause of the usr/bin/php but thats the only line that will make the script react to anything outside shell Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidAM Posted June 16, 2009 Share Posted June 16, 2009 Ok what I am trying to do is send an argument to a perl file to execute im making headway but You say you are trying to execute a perl file, but you are running /usr/bin/php. I'm not sure, but I really don't think PHP will understand PERL. Is that a typo in your question or just running the wrong interpreter? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pgrevents Posted June 17, 2009 Author Share Posted June 17, 2009 well i dont get a response from the perl script without the php i have tried the perl in place Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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