[thelist] PHP/Perl: How do they talk?

[Tammy Rudotski]

Here's an interesting one (imho).

Are their any geniuses out there that know how to get the following 
procedure working:
1. A PHP calls a Perl script, and sends a function call to it (e.g. 
CreateUserAccount( "user", "password" ).
2. The Perl script contains the CreateUserAccount function. It performs the 
function (i.e. creates the user account in a database). If the function is 
completed successfully, it returns True, else it returns False. The result 
is returned to the PHP script.
3. The PHP script informs the user that the account was successfully 
completed if True was returned. If False was returned, then it redisplays 
the form (with an explanation as to why the request failed).

And that's it. In effect, I'm interested in sending a function call from PHP 
to Perl, and returning a result from Perl to PHP. If anybody has any 
experience in getting these two brothers to talk to each other, then your 
assistance will be greatly appreciated.

Any help will be appreciated. If I figure it out first, I'll be sure to post 
the solution here.

Ciao

GML

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