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When you run a command without specifying its path: system('perl ...'); ...instead of: system('/path/to/perl ...'); ...then the "perl" command HAS to be in one of the folders in the PATH environment variable that PHP can use. Personally, I would not recommend relying on the PATH environment variable but simply specify the path in the code. It's too easy for these kinds of problems to happen, not to mention that the PATH could be modified later and the path to Perl could be removed accidentally, or maybe you move Perl to a new location or upgrade the version or whatever... There are lots of ways for that to go wrong, but if you specify the exact path to the perl executable in your code, then you shouldn't have any surprises. 
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Simple debug... 
 
Run this on the command line + post output (as text, &nbsp;not image)... 
 

<pre><code class="code-1 nolinks" id="code-20-43083760-1">perl C:\documentroot\perl\inventory_reports\IP_Summit.pl 6003 ip_summit
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I replaced system('perl C:\documentroot\perl\inventory_reports\IP_Summit.pl 6003 ip_summit'); with system('/path/to/perl C:\documentroot\perl\inventory_reports\IP_Summit.pl 6003 ip_summit'); Is that what you mean or do I not understand? That didn't help the issue. I am not very knowledgeable of program writing. But the code didn't change. I moved all files from one computer to another, in the exact same location. It worked on the old PC. Not on the new one. The difference is old was Win7 32 bit and new is Win8 64 bit. Why does this affect the code?
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Hi Dave, I don't understand. Isn't the line you show the same as I have in my code? <pre><code class="code-1 nolinks" id="code-20-43083806-1">perl C:\documentroot\perl\inventory_reports\IP_Summit.pl 6003 ip_summit
</code></pre>and I don't know what you mean by post output as text, not image. I don't see the code asking for an image. I'm sorry. &nbsp;I know a little programming, but it's not what I normally do. And as I said, all folders and files are in the same location as on the previous computer. The difference being the new PC is 64 bit Win 8. The old was 32 bit Win 7.
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IT Director

Doug Koser

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Thank you gr8gonzo. All is well
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Hello, 
 
As our internal web server, we are running Apache 1.3.28, PHP 4.3.5, mysql 5.5.27, and Perl 5.6.1. 
This was on a 32 bit O/S, Windows 7 Pro. I moved it to a 64 bit O/S, Windows 8.1 Pro. 
 
PHP no longer runs Perl files. 
All folders and files are in the same location on the hard drive as on the previous computer. 
All are in subfolders of C:\documentroot, which is Shared with Full Control to Everyone. 
If I put the information the perl file gets from the php file, into the perl file, I can run the perl file from any location in C:\documentroot. 
 
All other php files run as expected. 
Why does the php file no longer run the perl file? 
 
 
--Here is the php file, which runs the perl file. 
 
&lt;?php 
 
include(&quot;C:\documentroot\include_files.php&quot;); 
 
print &quot;&lt;html&gt;&lt;body&gt;&quot;; 
system('perl C:\documentroot\perl\inventory_reports\IP_Summit.pl 6003 ip_summit'); 
 
print &quot;&lt;/body&gt;&lt;/html&gt;&quot;; 
 
?&gt; 
 
Thank you, 
Doug Koser
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Hello,

As our internal web server, we are running Apache 1.3.28, PHP 4.3.5, mysql 5.5.27, and Perl 5.6.1.
This was on a 32 bit O/S, Windows 7 Pro. I moved it to a 64 bit O/S, Windows 8.1 Pro.

PHP no longer runs Perl files.
All folders and files are in the same location on the hard drive as on the previous computer.
All are in subfolders of C:\documentroot, which is Shared with Full Control to Everyone.
If I put the information the perl file gets from the php file, into the perl file, I can run the perl file from any location in C:\documentroot.

All other php files run as expected.
Why does the php file no longer run the perl file?


--Here is the php file, which runs the perl file. 

<?php

include("C:\documentroot\include_files.php");

print "<html><body>";
system('perl C:\documentroot\perl\inventory_reports\IP_Summit.pl 6003 ip_summit');

print "</body></html>";

?>

Thank you,
Doug Koser

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