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bl00dninja · May 18th, 2006, 1:14 AM

here is the html file:

it takes your name.

<HTML>
<HEAD>
<TITLE>Ben's CGI Test Page</TITLE>
</HEAD>
<BODY text = "aqua" bgcolor = "black">

<BASEFONT SIZE = 4>

<h1 ALIGN = "center">Ben's CGI Test Page</h1>

<hr WIDTH = 75% ALIGN = "center" size = "8">

<p>What is your name?</p>
<form METHOD = "POST" ACTION="http://cgi-bin/test.cgi">
<input type = "text" NAME = "username" SIZE = 40 MAXLENGTH = 40 VALUE = "your name here">

<p><input type="submit" value ="send data"> &nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp <input type = "reset" value = "clear"></p>

</form>

</BODY>
</HTML>

here is the perl source:

it prints out "hello" + whatever you entered...in theory.

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use CGI ' :standard';

$input = param('username');

print "Content-type: text/html \n\n";
print "hello $input";

i'm using the sambar server to test the crap locally, http://localhost/page1.html is the html file on the server.

the main directory is c:\Program Files\sambar63

under that we have the following:

the html file is actually located in a subdirectory called "docs".

the perl file is in the cgi-bin directory.

i think i'm fucking this up from putting things in the wrong place or not looking for the right place. also, what's the difference between saving the perl file as as *.pl as opposed to *.cgi ?

when i click to submit the name i get sent to the us government census page...WTF!?!

May 18th, 2006, 1:14 AM	#1
bl00dninja Programming Guru Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: namespace std Posts: 1,246 Rep Power: 5	n00b question here is the html file: it takes your name. (Toggle Plain Text) <HTML> <HEAD> <TITLE>Ben's CGI Test Page</TITLE> </HEAD> <BODY text = "aqua" bgcolor = "black"> <BASEFONT SIZE = 4> <h1 ALIGN = "center">Ben's CGI Test Page</h1> <hr WIDTH = 75% ALIGN = "center" size = "8"> <p>What is your name?</p> <form METHOD = "POST" ACTION="http://cgi-bin/test.cgi"> <input type = "text" NAME = "username" SIZE = 40 MAXLENGTH = 40 VALUE = "your name here"> <p><input type="submit" value ="send data"> &nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp <input type = "reset" value = "clear"></p> </form> </BODY> </HTML> <HTML> <HEAD> <TITLE>Ben's CGI Test Page</TITLE> </HEAD> <BODY text = "aqua" bgcolor = "black"> <BASEFONT SIZE = 4> <h1 ALIGN = "center">Ben's CGI Test Page</h1> <hr WIDTH = 75% ALIGN = "center" size = "8"> <p>What is your name?</p> <form METHOD = "POST" ACTION="http://cgi-bin/test.cgi"> <input type = "text" NAME = "username" SIZE = 40 MAXLENGTH = 40 VALUE = "your name here"> <p><input type="submit" value ="send data"> &nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp <input type = "reset" value = "clear"></p> </form> </BODY> </HTML> here is the perl source: it prints out "hello" + whatever you entered...in theory. (Toggle Plain Text) use CGI ' :standard'; $input = param('username'); print "Content-type: text/html \n\n"; print "hello $input"; use CGI ' :standard'; $input = param('username'); print "Content-type: text/html \n\n"; print "hello $input"; i'm using the sambar server to test the crap locally, http://localhost/page1.html is the html file on the server. the main directory is c:\Program Files\sambar63 under that we have the following: the html file is actually located in a subdirectory called "docs". the perl file is in the cgi-bin directory. i think i'm fucking this up from putting things in the wrong place or not looking for the right place. also, what's the difference between saving the perl file as as .pl as opposed to .cgi ? when i click to submit the name i get sent to the us government census page...WTF!?! __________________ i put on my robe and wizard hat... Have you ever heard of Plato, Aristotle, Socrates?...Morons.

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