Is it possible to pass the output of one PHP script as arguments to another PHP script using STDIN?

Yes, it is possible to pass the output of one PHP script as arguments to another PHP script using STDIN. One way to achieve this is by using the `proc_open()` function in PHP to create a process and communicate with it through pipes. This allows you to pass the output of one script as input to another script. 

<?php
// Command to execute the first PHP script
$command = 'php script1.php';

// Open a process and communicate with it through pipes
$descriptors = [
    0 => ['pipe', 'r'], // STDIN
    1 => ['pipe', 'w'], // STDOUT
    2 => ['pipe', 'w']  // STDERR
];

$process = proc_open($command, $descriptors, $pipes);

if (is_resource($process)) {
    // Get the output of the first script
    $output = stream_get_contents($pipes[1]);
    
    // Close the pipes
    fclose($pipes[0]);
    fclose($pipes[1]);
    fclose($pipes[2]);
    
    // Close the process
    proc_close($process);
    
    // Command to execute the second PHP script with the output of the first script as an argument
    $command2 = 'php script2.php ' . escapeshellarg($output);
    
    // Execute the second script
    exec($command2);
}
?>

Keywords

PHP script STDIN arguments output

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