HOW TO RE-DIRECT FROM CGI FILE TO HTML FILE 1

desktopfellow · Sep 24, 2006

Hi everyone,

Currently i am doing a server side scripting of cgi.

I have an html page whose action on SUBMIT is directed to a .cgi page which re-directs back to another new html page based on the condition.

contents of test.cgi:
--------------------

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

print "Hello, world!\n";

Thnx in advance,
Vishnu
#print redirect("

http://10.140.5.30:8080/Result/Report.htm");

#print "Location: '

http://10.140.5.30:8080/Result/Report.htm';

The "HELLO WORLD !" static text is printed but the re-direction command both "redirect" and "Location" failed to re-direct the page.

feherke · Sep 24, 2006

Hi

The [tt]Location[/tt] is a HTTP header. So if you send content before it, that will not act as HTTP header anymore.

Code:

print "Content-type: text/html\n";
print "Location: [URL unfurl="true"]http://10.140.5.30:8080/Result/Report.htm\n\n";[/URL]

print "Hello, world!\n";

Feherke.

http://rootshell.be/~feherke/

KevinADC · Sep 25, 2006

same with the redirect() function of the CGI.pm module. You can't print an HTTP header before trying to use it.

desktopfellow · Sep 25, 2006

I would like to execute some of the perl functions and then redirect to a different html file.

Say in a cgi file: test.cgi

&upload;
&workonreport;
<redirection code should come here>

After executing the functions, the redirection should happen.

Vishnu

desktopfellow · Sep 25, 2006

Even if i use the header as mentioned by Feherke..i get the following result in the browser..

"Status: 302 Moved Location:

http://10.140.5.30:8080/Result/Report.htm

"

I dont see the Report.htm page.

Vishnu

feherke · Sep 25, 2006

Hi

Did you removed the second new line ( \n ) from the [tt]Content-type[/tt] header line's output ?

Feherke.

http://rootshell.be/~feherke/

ChrisHunt · Sep 25, 2006

I don't think you need the content-type header at all. Just send the location.

-- Chris Hunt
Webmaster & Tragedian
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feherke · Sep 25, 2006

Hi

If you want to see the Hello message before stepping forward, use the [tt]Refresh[/tt] HTTP header :

Code:

print "Content-type: text/html\n";
print "Refresh: 3;url=http://10.140.5.30:8080/Result/Report.htm\n\n";

print "Hello, world!\n";

Where the 3 is the time to wait in seconds.

Feherke.

http://rootshell.be/~feherke/

desktopfellow · Sep 25, 2006

It worked feherke . Thanks a lot.

Vishnu

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