CGI Script - Not getting form value

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  • tovenkatesh82
    New Member
    • Mar 2007
    • 30
    #1

    CGI Script - Not getting form value

    Code:
    <html>
<head>
<title></title>
<body>
<form name=name form method=post action=C:/inetpub/wwwroot/b.cgi>
enter your name:<input name=name type=text><br>
<input type=submit>
</form>
</body>
</html>
    below is the b.cgi file
    Code:
    #!/perl/bin/perl5.6.1.exe
use strict;
use CGI qw(:standard);
my $name=param("name");
print "Content-Type:text/html\n\n";
print $name;
    I am using IIS server......"$n ame" is not getting printed.
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    • KevinADC
      Recognized Expert Specialist
      • Jan 2007
      • 4092
      #2
      Add a sanity check to make sure the CGI script is at least working:

      Code:
      #!/perl/bin/perl5.6.1.exe
use strict;
use CGI qw(:standard);
my $name=param("name");
print "Content-Type:text/html\n\n";
print "Sanity check - it works\n"
print $name;
      .

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        • tovenkatesh82
          New Member
          • Mar 2007
          • 30
          #3
          yes the cgi script is working fine.....i have done a sanity check.


          Originally posted by KevinADC
          Add a sanity check to make sure the CGI script is at least working:

          Code:
          #!/perl/bin/perl5.6.1.exe
use strict;
use CGI qw(:standard);
my $name=param("name");
print "Content-Type:text/html\n\n";
print "Sanity check - it works\n"
print $name;
          .

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            • KevinADC
              Recognized Expert Specialist
              • Jan 2007
              • 4092
              #4
              maybe its the form tag:

              Code:
              <[b]form[/b] name=name [b]form[/b] method=post action=C:/inetpub/wwwroot/b.cgi>
              remove the second "form" and retry.

              the path also looks wrong:

              C:/inetpub/wwwroot/b.cgi

              that should be a URL not a machine path.

              http://localhost/cgi-bin/b.cgi

              or something like that.

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                • tovenkatesh82
                  New Member
                  • Mar 2007
                  • 30
                  #5
                  tried out whatever you suggested but it does not works.......can you tell me why
                  not to use the machine path?......sinc e i am working on iis server i saved the
                  .cgi file in wwwroot dir.......the path i mentioned in the html file is http://localhost/b.cgi

                  Originally posted by KevinADC
                  maybe its the form tag:

                  Code:
                  <[b]form[/b] name=name [b]form[/b] method=post action=C:/inetpub/wwwroot/b.cgi>
                  remove the second "form" and retry.

                  the path also looks wrong:

                  C:/inetpub/wwwroot/b.cgi

                  that should be a URL not a machine path.

                  http://localhost/cgi-bin/b.cgi

                  or something like that.

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                    • KevinADC
                      Recognized Expert Specialist
                      • Jan 2007
                      • 4092
                      #6
                      The machine path is the direct path to the cgi/perl script. Thats not how you normally invoke cgi scripts from a browser, not even a local script on a local server. You send the request to the server (via a URL) which processes the request and sends a response back to the browser. Maybe iis works differently but I don't think so.

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                        • tovenkatesh82
                          New Member
                          • Mar 2007
                          • 30
                          #7
                          hi kevin....do i need to install or add some module to my code before using
                          the param function as the perl compiler is not recognizing the param function....
                          i looked into CPAN but i did not got anything concrete....do u have any idea
                          regarding this??

                          Originally posted by KevinADC
                          The machine path is the direct path to the cgi/perl script. Thats not how you normally invoke cgi scripts from a browser, not even a local script on a local server. You send the request to the server (via a URL) which processes the request and sends a response back to the browser. Maybe iis works differently but I don't think so.

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                            • KevinADC
                              Recognized Expert Specialist
                              • Jan 2007
                              • 4092
                              #8
                              You might need to install the CGI.pm module. The version of perl your script appears to be using is very old:

                              perl5.6.1.exe

                              I would suggest installing the newest version of perl which I think is 5.8.8 (don't install perl 6).

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