call perl cgi script from php
 

i need to call a cgi script that resides on a different server from within a php script but dont know how. i couldn find a suitable function in the php man nor any howto on the web. i guess it should be easy so if u know plz tell me
thanks a lot
j

Try (need PHP >= 4.3.0, if not try fopen() family functions) :

thanks for your reply,

i got another recommendation to use lynx to post to the cgi.
but i've changed plans anyway and switched to perl and call the other cgi thru LWP.
this works and supports ssl.