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Creating Web Apps using Strawberry Perl on Windows Vista
I have recently downloaded strawberry Perl 5.10 for Windows Vista. I want to write Perl programs that can run in a Browser. I have written (copied) a simple perl script that is supposed to output to IE. However, when I put this in the Browser address bar: C:/inetpub/wwwroot/simpleStrawBPerlScriptInBrowser.pl it simply opens the file in notepad. Here is the contents of the file:
print "Content-type: text/html \n\n"; #HTTP HEADER #CREATE STRINGS WITH ESCAPING CHARACTERS $string = "David paid \$4.34 for Larry\'s shirt."; $email = "youremail\@youremail.com"; #PRINT THE STRINGS print "$string<br />"; print "$email<br />"; print '$string and $email'; Windows Vista comes with IIS 7.0. How do I configure my Perl Script to run in the Browser? 2 Replies
You need a cgi directory to place your perl programs in and you need to name them as program_name.cgi, example:
http://www.mysite.ne...n/some_cgi_prog Or inside of a web page, (following all on one line): Click <a href="http://www.mysite.net/cgi-bin/my_perlprog.cgi">here</a> to run your program. 
Running a CGI program means that you not only have to make the program, but manage a web server to respond to your web browsers request. It's a much bigger topic than merely writing a Perl script and running it.
ActiveState has instructions for <a href="http://community.activestate.com/forum-topic/configuring-perl-on-iis-7">setting up Perl with IIS 7</a>. You'll just need to change the ActiveState specific bits to use the right information for Strawberry Perl. Additionally, you can learn more about IIS 7 at <a href="http://learn.iis.net/">the official IIS site</a>, which has documentation for that web server.
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brian d foy Author of Learning Perl, Intermediate Perl, and Mastering Perl http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/au/1071 |
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