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**Created:** [May 3, 2008, 1:42pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/can-i-call-a-php-or-aspx-files-from-rhtml-page/136549 "2008-05-03T13:42:15Z")\
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**Author:**  [@ratnavel](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/ratnavel)\
**Post date:** [May 3, 2008, 1:42pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/can-i-call-a-php-or-aspx-files-from-rhtml-page/136549/1 "2008-05-03T13:42:15Z")
I have some code written in php and that is placed in my public folder
with .php extension.
Is there a way to call that file?
Thanks,
Ratnavel.
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**Author:**  [@ratnavel](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/ratnavel)\
**Post date:** [May 3, 2008, 3:44pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/can-i-call-a-php-or-aspx-files-from-rhtml-page/136549/2 "2008-05-03T15:44:49Z")
Ratnavel S. wrote:
> I have some code written in php and that is placed in my public folder
> with .php extension.
>
> Is there a way to call that file?
>
> Thanks,
> Ratnavel.
[1] Open app/helpers/application\_helper.rb
[2] paste it under module ApplicationHelper
def link\_to\_file(name, file, \*args)
if file[0] != ?/
file = “#{@request.relative\_url\_root}/#{file}”
end
link\_to name, file, \*args
end
[3] In your view, put it:
```
<%= link_to_file "teapoci file here", "teapoci.php" %>
```
Enjoy,
[http://teapoci.blogspot.com](http://teapoci.blogspot.com)
Reinhart
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**Author:**  [@ratnavel](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/ratnavel)\
**Post date:** [May 5, 2008, 6:37am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/can-i-call-a-php-or-aspx-files-from-rhtml-page/136549/3 "2008-05-05T06:37:32Z")
you could download the file and then print outs its results
On Sat, May 3, 2008 at 7:44 AM, Rails T.
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**Author:**  [@ratnavel](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/ratnavel)\
**Post date:** [May 5, 2008, 11:47am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/can-i-call-a-php-or-aspx-files-from-rhtml-page/136549/4 "2008-05-05T11:47:09Z")
On 3 May 2008, at 12:42, Ratnavel S. wrote:
> I have some code written in php and that is placed in my public folder
> with .php extension.
>
> Is there a way to call that file?
Do you just want the user to be able the view the result of executing
that page (in which case it’s probably just a matter of setting up
apache etc… properly) or do you want to execute the php code
yourself and do something with the results yourself (in which case the
easiest way may be to just run the file through the php executable).
Fred