CGI script not working...

**aliu** · 11-01-2006, 05:24 PM

Hi,

I have placed a simple Perl cgi script in the cgi-bin folder to test and it does not work. I double checked to see if the Apache cgi handler has been added and it is. The file attributes were also set to 755.

The Perl code is a simple hello world script:

Code:

#!/usr/bin/perl
print "<h1>Hello world!</h1>";

I get this error message when I try to run the script:

500 Server Error
A misconfiguration on the server caused a hiccup. Check the server logs, fix the problem, then try again.

I tried looking at the server logs but there were no errors related to the cgi script that was logged.

Please help. Thank you in advance.

newb

**Pethens** · 11-01-2006, 05:36 PM

Unlike PHP, Perl does not print headers for you automatically. So the first line you output has to be something like "Content type: text/html". Try this:

Code:

#!/usr/bin/perl
print "Content-type: text/html\n\n";
print "<HTML>\n";
print "<BODY BGCOLOR=#FFFFFF>\n";
print "<h1>Hello world!</h1>";
print "</body></html>"

Did that fix it?

**aliu** · 11-01-2006, 05:40 PM

It turns out that the following line was crucial:

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

Thanks Pethens!

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