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How to test a cgi file
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a piece of CGI code runs in a web server context.
In it's simplest form, a web server accepts an http request
for a document and either sends the requested document or an
error message. A web server might hand back a document that
looks like this.
With CGI, the http request can ask the web
server to run a program and send back the output from the
program.
For instance, if I have a computer with the Apache web server running on it and a piece of CGI that looks like this.
That is trivial piece of CGI, but, you see that it is a program that produces output that looks like an html page.
So, to get your CGI code to run in your browser, you must first get it onto a web server that supports CGI and the language the CGI is written in. There are quite a few possible approaches.
Download and install apache.
or - on a M$ system, get PWS - a pain and weak but it will
work.
or - use one of the free or low cost hosting companies
or - see if your internet service provider will work.
They usually give you a little disk space, you might
can do it there.
My first choice, everytime, is to download and install apache on whatever system you are using. There is a faq in this forum about setting apache up to do cgi on a Win NT system that might help. Or, just see apache's documentation. They are very good.
'hope this helps
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In it's simplest form, a web server accepts an http request
for a document and either sends the requested document or an
error message. A web server might hand back a document that
looks like this.
Code:
<html><head><title>easy html></title></head>
<body>
<p>Hello, I'm a web page</p>
</body>
</html>With CGI, the http request can ask the web
server to run a program and send back the output from the
program.
For instance, if I have a computer with the Apache web server running on it and a piece of CGI that looks like this.
Code:
#!/usr/local/bin/perl
print "Content-type: html/text\n\n";
print "<html><head><title>easy html></title></head>
<body>
<p>Hello, I'm a web page</p>
</body>
</html>";So, to get your CGI code to run in your browser, you must first get it onto a web server that supports CGI and the language the CGI is written in. There are quite a few possible approaches.
Download and install apache.
or - on a M$ system, get PWS - a pain and weak but it will
work.
or - use one of the free or low cost hosting companies
or - see if your internet service provider will work.
They usually give you a little disk space, you might
can do it there.
My first choice, everytime, is to download and install apache on whatever system you are using. There is a faq in this forum about setting apache up to do cgi on a Win NT system that might help. Or, just see apache's documentation. They are very good.
'hope this helps
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Hi all,
Just another note if you decide to install apache..
There are faqs in the apache forum that explain the whole install process.
Hope this helps Wullie
Just another note if you decide to install apache..
There are faqs in the apache forum that explain the whole install process.
Hope this helps Wullie
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