[Solved]How to call a PHP script on localhost using Qt?

rishabhc

Hello,

I am developing an app which broadly does the following:

Accepts from the user an html file
Runs a php script to make changes to the html
Returns the changed html back to the user to view

How can I call the PHP script in Qt? I am using Apache running on my localhost

goetz

I would call the PHP command line tool. See the "wiki article":http://developer.qt.nokia.com/wiki/Call_an_AppleScript_from_Qt for an example. It calls the applescript interpreter on OS X, but it's basically the same for the PHP command line tool.

dialingo

You can use QNetworkAccessManager to access a page on localhost to trigger the included PHP script. See the documentation of QNetworkAccessManager how you can do this.

rishabhc

Thanks. I will try these and post back the progress

2beers

you make a http request to your localhost http server(in your case apache server)
more info you can find here: "Qt http request":http://wiki.forum.nokia.com/index.php/CS001431_-_Creating_an_HTTP_network_request_in_Qt

for example you have the following php pahe in your htdocs directory: test.php

@// test.php
echo("hello world");
@

you just access your page : http://localhost/test.php
@QUrl url("http://localhost/test.php");
QNetworkReply* reply = nam->get(QNetworkRequest(url));@

rishabhc

Thanks. Using QNetworkAccessManager and QNetworkReply answered the requirement.