@aj_nscFeb 13.2007 — #Not sure exactly what you're asking but I'll take a stab at it.
You can't put any PHP in a .pl file because these files are parsed by the Perl Interpreter which leads into the next answer: this is what you need to run .pl files. You can get it here -> http://www.dzsoft.com/getperl.htm (download With MSI Installer).