execute perl script from html file
Hello,
I want to execute a perl script from a html file and the problem is it is not possible to use SSI for this project.
I have heard, but have not been able to figure out, that I can use an image tag (img src=thiscgi.cgi) but I have to 'slurp' in the jpeg file into a variable and output it in binmode.
Is there possibly an easier way? If not could someone take the extra step and explain to me how to read an image in and output it to the browser? I've tried outputing the url of the image but that has only resulted in a broken link and it didn't even appear that the script ran. (I set it to write to an external file and it never happened)
Is it possible to embed some javascript into my html that will execute my perl script?
thanks for any help.
Ken Elliott
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dk01 posted this at 19:57 — 22nd August 2002.
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Yes you can embed javascript to run your perl script.
<script language="Javascript" src="http://www.mydomain.com/script.pl">
</script>
Remember though. Although you are embedding using html. You are still writting html code and therefor all your perl outputs must be javascript. That is not too bad i guess since you can use document.write to print out any information.
-dk
Ken Elliott posted this at 12:50 — 23rd August 2002.
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I don't want it to show any output on the page, I just want it to execute in the background, a counter type thing. It just increments a file by 1.
gonna try that out now. I believe I tried it earlier.
ken
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Ken Elliott posted this at 14:16 — 23rd August 2002.
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Wil posted this at 16:47 — 23rd August 2002.
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Just notes that many people browse with Javascript disabled (me included), so if an user hits your site without javascript, then it won't execute your script.
- wil
dk01 posted this at 13:57 — 24th August 2002.
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Then run it as a css file then.
-dk
ROB posted this at 15:38 — 25th August 2002.
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i dont think IE loads stylesheets if JavaScript is disabled, which doesnt make much sense to me.
anywho, it may be worth a shot. i have no idea if this would work and dont have time to test it right now, but you can try:
dk01 posted this at 20:25 — 25th August 2002.
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I am pretty sure it still does. Otherwise people with it turned off (Will maybe you can help us on this) would not be able to see many of the pages on the internet. Anyways if you are going to use a link then that would be the correct syntax I beleive.
-dk
P.S. Obviously add /> for xhtml.
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