[RESOLVED] need named pipes help! working on web server, and trying to add CGI.

[miker00lz]

so, i've got this VB6 HTTP daemon i coded some months back. virtual hosting support and all. it works very well, but i recently decided to pick up where i left off and add support for CGI script execution.

for example, lets say PHP scripts. i would be using the php-cgi.exe program. i think the proper way to do this is to (after setting environment variables) run it like:

php-cgi.exe path\to\php\script.php <\\.\pipe\mypipe >\\.\pipe\mypipe

where \\.\pipe\mypipe is an NT named pipe created by my server program before i shell out to the executable. it'd be used for sending the HTTP header and possibly POST data from the client browser (i.e. <) to php-cgi.exe and of course to return generated data back to my server program (with >)

my problem is, and i've done some googling but can't find anything to quite help me do what i want to do, i'm not sure how i create the arbitrary pipe to begin with. also not sure how to read/write with it. i should be able to just use OPEN as if it were any other binary file after it's been created, right? or no?

any help, guys? thanks! oh and this is my first post so hello!