PERL problems when outputting from "die()"

[dragunu]

hi,

 

i have a problem when trying to parse an output when executing a perl script with php.

 

however, the output generated from the perl script is done from the die function and not with print.

i have previously done scripts which execute perl scripts and have worked well, however these perl scripts outputted with a "print" and not die.

 

the functions i tried to use are exec, shell_exec, and system in php.

 

$command = "/var/www/cgi-bin/perlscript.pl";
$exec = shell_exec($command);

print $exec;

 

is returning nothing. not even a php compiler error.

 

thanks beforehand,

william