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if those are variable assignments, you can require/include the file that will preload the constants.<br />
<a href="http://www.w3schools.com/PHP/php_includes.asp" rel="ugc">http://www.w3schools.com/PHP/php_includes.asp</a><br />
perl would also use a use/require to preload variable assignments.<br />
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What are the contents of the file?<br />
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is the xxxxx.constant file something like:<br />

<pre><code id="code-20-39748278-1">#!/usr/bin/perl
$JBOSS_HOST=&quot;somehostname&quot;;
1;</code></pre>
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if those are variable assignments, you can require/include the file that will preload the constants.
http://www.w3schools.com/PHP/php_includes.asp [http://www.w3schools.com/PHP/php_includes.asp]
perl would also use a use/require to preload variable assignments.

What are the contents of the file?

is the xxxxx.constant file something like:


#!/usr/bin/perl
$JBOSS_HOST="somehostname";
1;

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Would be helpful to see the file so we can see how it is going to interact with the PHP script.
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Would be helpful to see the file so we can see how it is going to interact with the PHP script.

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i have use the echo shell_exec() in the end<br />
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note: the consts was calling the shell so i call it directly from php<br />
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thanks a lot
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i have use the echo shell_exec() in the end

note: the consts was calling the shell so i call it directly from php

thanks a lot

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Ummm... if you used shell_exec, then why didn't you accept my answer?
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Ummm... if you used shell_exec, then why didn't you accept my answer?

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Ummm... if you used shell_exec, then why didn't you accept <a href="https://www.experts-exchange.com/questions/28328152/read-from-a-consts-file-in-php.html?anchorAnswerId=39748303#a39748303" rel="ugc">gr8gonzo's answer</a>?
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Ummm... if you used shell_exec, then why didn't you accept gr8gonzo's answer [https://www.experts-exchange.com/questions/28328152/read-from-a-consts-file-in-php.html?anchorAnswerId=39748303#a39748303]?

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i have a file that include constants that is used as Enivroment parameters.<br />
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in perl i can get the value of a specific variable like this:<br />
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$host=`. /xxx.consts; echo \$JBOSS_HOST`;<br />
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how to perform the same opration in PHP<br />
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note: i couldn't use parse_ini_file() because i canot change the xxx.consts file to ini &nbsp;<br />
<br />
thanks a lot
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i have a file that include constants that is used as Enivroment parameters.

in perl i can get the value of a specific variable like this:

$host=`. /xxx.consts; echo \$JBOSS_HOST`;

how to perform the same opration in PHP

note: i couldn't use parse_ini_file() because i canot change the xxx.consts file to ini  

thanks a lot

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