How can I call a Perl script from PHP?

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I am interested in knowing the ways we can call/run Perl scripts in PHP.

Related: [How can I call Perl from my PHP page on apache?](http://stackoverflow.com/q/827302), [Calling Java (or python or perl) from a PHP script](http://stackoverflow.com/q/299913), [How to run perl script with a few arguments from php](http://stackoverflow.com/q/2908274), [How can I include the output of a Perl script into a PHP page?](http://stackoverflow.com/q/1043230) — daxim, Sep 17 '10 at 13:17
possible duplicate of [How can I include the output of a Perl script into a PHP page?](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1043230/how-can-i-include-the-output-of-a-perl-script-into-a-php-page) — Ether, Sep 17 '10 at 14:52
Also http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1030736/how-can-i-use-perl-libraries-from-php — Alexandr Ciornii, Sep 18 '10 at 20:19

score 15 · Answer 1 · edited May 04 '11 at 08:30

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You can use a simple Php Perl extension within the Php code. This will allow you to execute code and Perl variables,functions and instantiate objects.

$perl = new Perl();
$perl->require("test1.pl");

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+1 Nice answer. I have made small formatting changes to your question to use the code highlighting features of SO. – Andrie May 04 '11 at 08:32
Is there any way to download .dll file? – maxx777 Dec 11 '14 at 07:26
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Does this work even without the `perl` binary installed? – Geremia Jan 18 '16 at 02:53

score 5 · Answer 2 · answered Sep 17 '10 at 08:47

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You can make use of

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score 2 · Answer 3 · answered Sep 17 '10 at 08:46

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Just like any other executable.

But avoid it, it's very inefficient. What do you want to achieve by doing it?

answered Sep 17 '10 at 08:46

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I was trying to use perl for accessing system resources like webcam, then call that script in my existing php application. – awake416 Sep 17 '10 at 09:00
@awake416 Whose webcam? If there is a webcam attached to the server and you can access it using Perl, then it should not be difficult to access it in PHP as well. – Sinan Ünür Sep 17 '10 at 11:48
@Sinan how can i access in php – awake416 Sep 17 '10 at 12:44
@awake416 I don't know. Just like I do not know how you are accessing it in Perl. All I am saying is, if you can do it in one, you should be able to do it in the other language as well. – Sinan Ünür Sep 17 '10 at 12:53
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Conversely, you can write your whole website in Perl using mod_perl to avoid the overhead of invoking the Perl interpreter on each call. – reinierpost Sep 17 '10 at 22:22
PS: People tell me there are better alternatives to mod_perl to do that nowadays. – reinierpost May 04 '11 at 09:41

score 1 · Answer 4 · edited Aug 20 '12 at 05:11

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Use something like

system("/your/kewl/script.pl");

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How can I call a Perl script from PHP?

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