title: html button to call php shell_exec command
body: <p>I have google the heck out of this an I cannot get an answer to this.  I hate php, but out php guy is too busy and I need HELP!</p>
  
  <p>I want to call a perl script from an html button.  But, I just want it to run in the back ground, I don't need to display anything from it...  Would something like this work?  </p>
  
  <pre><code>&lt;html&gt;
  &lt;body&gt;
      &lt;p&gt;
          &lt;button onclick=&lt;?php exec('test.pl') ?&gt;Run Perl&lt;/button&gt;
      &lt;/p&gt;
  &lt;/body&gt;
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>I would prefer not to use cgi, I want to keep this as simple as possible.</p>
  
  <p>Thanks</p>