PHP wrapper for mapserv CGI

[Gregor Mosheh]

> I'd like to do the same thing, but with PHP. The best I've go so far is:
> <?php
>   passthru("/www/cgi-bin/mapserv QUERY_STRING=map=/path/to/mapfile.map");
> ?>
> Which uses the QUERY_STRING option to execute mapserv in a "shell
> mode". It works, but I wonder if there is a better way, and/or if this
> is a bad way to do it.

Oh, that is just slicker than anything. As long as you're not allowing 
the user to supply unchecked data (e.g. the path to the mapfile 
containing shel metacharacters), that's just excellent.

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