PB and PHP : Help needed please !

[delta69]

Hello,

I'm trying to run an executable file made with PureBasic through PHP, but it does not work as it should. The result of the PB program should be displayed on a web page using PHP's passthru() function.

I built a very simple PB EXE (named console.exe, in my example, compiled as a console app) :

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If OpenConsole() 
    PrintN("Hello world !")
    CloseConsole() 
EndIf 
End 

... and then the PHP file (index.php) :

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<?php 
passthru("console.exe");
?>

... But nothing happens... I just have a blank web page displayed. If I replace the console.exe file by hostname.exe (provided by MS in WinXP system32 directory), then it works fine.

I don't know what is wrong with my PB code, because both of the EXE files seems to react the same way when launched in a MS-DOS box... Any idea ? Thanks for your help !

Regards,
Nicolas

( Win XP Pro SP2 / PB 3.93 / EasyPHP 1.8 )

[Droopy]

Try this

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 If OpenConsole() 
  PrintN("Hello world !") 
  Input()
  CloseConsole()
EndIf 
End 

[delta69]

Thanks for your help Droopy, but unfortunately, it doesn't work better...

Regards,
Nicolas

[Fred]

The PB commands for console uses the graphic mode which isn't suitable for php and other regular stdin software. You will have to find a wrapper around puts_() or printf_() to achieve what you want. We plan to add this feature to the console lib soon.

[Beach]

I would use Paul's CGI lib to output the text. Just like all of Paul's stuff, it is very easy to use. I compiled the following code and put the resulting exe in a folder off my IIS root folder, then I changed the execute permissions for the new folder to "Scripts and Executeables".

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CGI_In()
Text$ = CGI_Val("pbtext")

CGI_Header()
CGI_Out("<p>&nbsp;</p>")
CGI_Out("<center>Your text was: ")
CGI_Out(Text$)

Now just call the file with parameters in a link or on a form, just remember to use the "Get" method instead of "Post" if you use a form. Example: "http://localhost/cgi-bin/cgitest.exe?pbtext=Testing"

[Edit] wrong link...
http://www.reelmedia.org/cgi-bin/PurePr ... es&sub=ASM

[delta69]

Thanks for your reply, Fred.

Due to my PB skills, I think I will wait for the command to be included in the next release

I just saw that Beach gave a tip, using a different method... I will have a try right now...

Regards,
Nicolas

[Fred]

The CGI lib way is a good way as it actually uses the printf() like commands

[Bonne_den_kule]

These functions should be implented in PureBasic.

[Fred]

yes, that's what i said just above.

[Beach]

We plan to add this feature to the console lib soon.

Thanks Fred, that will really help out on a few of the projects I have going on at the moment.

[Paul]

Yes, the CGI Lib on http://www.pureproject.net is really cool and quite easy to use:

CGI_In() for data input
CGI_Out() for data output

You can even include complete html pages in your EXE and then output them using the command CGI_MemOut()

It will also allow you to enable uploads to your server... CGI_FileIn()


PureProject.net runs completely from a single CGI built with this library

[DarkDragon]

Is there a linux version of the CGI lib?

[Paul]

Sorry, don't use Linux here.

[Num3]

Ok, this sounds stupid... i know many things, but i haven't yet understood who in hell this CGI stuff works!

Can anyone shed some light?

[DarkDragon]

Sorry, don't use Linux here.

Yes, but it would be nice because very less ppl have windowsservers O_o. Linux Servers are used by the hosters.