Perl......

[TiLT]

when i open the script...it ALWAYS shows the script in the page .. why?!?! im just beginning in perl....thanx...

[progressive]

Are you runnin a webserver? If not then u need to be!

If you have a webserver then you need to make sure that:
you have a cgi-bin,
the cgi-bin is setup for perl scripts,
and the script is in the cgi-bin

if all of the above is done and it still doesn't work then post your code and ill take look at it for u

[scoutt]

you will also need the shebang line.

that is the line that is at the very top and looks somehting like this.

#!usr/bin/perl

that tells the browser where perl is located on the server.

also do like progressive says, your server has to support cgi.

[JoshT]

Do you still need the shebang line under mod_perl? Since its not running under CGI, I don't see why you would need to tell the shell where the executable is, unless Apache uses it internally, maybe for the switches.

[progressive]

yes you still need it!!

[JoshT]

What purpose does it serve then?

[scoutt]

Originally posted by JoshT
What purpose does it serve then?

you had it right the first time, it tells apache where perl is.

[JoshT]

But by using mod_perl, shouldn't apache have that loaded into memory and using that instead - rather than the executable like you would with cgi?

[flamewavetech]

on apache it comes with a demo cgi script in perl. when i goto the address it says there was a internal server error. why?