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Using SSI, I can simply include this in my HTML file and the output of the CGI script is displayed on the page: <pre><code> </code></pre> Now I'm trying to do the equivalent, but instead of a HTML file, it's inside a PHP file. I've been researching this all day and every solution is giving me the following problems. I'll list them each starting with the ones I thought should work as well as the obscure... <hr> 1) <code><?php include("script.cgi"); ?></code> Result: No execution. This simply prints out the full content of the CGI file as if it was just a text file. <hr> 2) <code><?php virtual("script.cgi"); ?></code> Result: <code>Fatal error: Call to undefined function virtual() in test.php on line #</code>. This bothers me as everything I read indicates that this is the proper way to do it. I'm no expert in PHP but how can <code>virtual</code> be an "undefined function"? It's <a href="http://php.net/manual/en/function.virtual.php" rel="nofollow">listed in the official PHP docs</a> as valid for PHP version 5. <hr> 3) <code><?php exec("script.cgi"); ?></code> Result: Blank. Nothing. <hr> 4) <pre><code><?php $fd = fopen("script.cgi", "r"); fpassthru($fd); ?> </code></pre> Result: No execution. This simply prints out the full content of the CGI file as if it was just a text file. <hr> 5) <code><?php echo system("script.cgi"); ?></code> Result: Mixed. It executes but the "result" of the CGI script is printed twice and it's preceded by "Content-type: text/html". This I don't understand. <code>Content-type: text/html resultresult</code> And by removing the <code>echo</code>... <code><?php system("script.cgi"); ?></code>, results in... <code>Content-type: text/html result</code> <hr> 6) <code><?php print("/usr/bin/perl script.cgi"); ?></code> Result: No execution. It simply prints out what's contained after the print statement (<code>/usr/bin/perl script.cgi</code>). (I'm not surprised but somebody in a forum claimed this worked for them.) <hr> So what do I need to do in order to execute and include the results of the CGI file? This seems like it should be easy but I don't know what else to try. I'm on an Apache/Linux server (cPanel) with access to edit the <code>htaccess</code> file. It's running PHP version 5.2.17. And yes, when I pull up the CGI file in my browser, it executes and displays the result, so we know the server is configured to execute CGI files.
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