Thanks for your answer. I already have thought about your solution. The problem is I have to use the Perl module for PHP. An example : $perl = new Perl(); $perl->require('mct.pl'); $perl->MCT_polling(); where MCT_polling() is a function of my script mct.pl. I would find very strange the fact it's impossible to manipulate PHP stdout stream. mickb@xxxxxxx a �crit : > Hello, > > I've a quite simple question : one of my PHP script executes a Perl script which > outputs a lot of text. My wish is to redirect PHP stdout stream to NULL, > executing the perl script, and after this make the stdout stream back to > normal. I've not found a solution in online documentation. Anyone could provide > help ? > > hi, if your php and perl runs on unix : system ("perl perl_prg.pl > /dev/null"); N F > thanks. > > -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php