How can I invoke a PHP script from Perl?

Question

How can I call a PHP script from a Perl script and get its output as a variable?

Answer 1

Using the backtick operator:

my $phpOutput = `/usr/bin/php-cli your-script.php`;

Note that you may have to edit the path to point to your php executable.

If you want to have the output as a stream you can also open with a pipe (Perl <3):

open PHPOUT, "/usr/bin/php-cli your-script.php|";
while (<PHPOUT>) {
  # do something with the current line $_
}

See perldoc -f open.