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Old 03-27-2005
Question Web Site Creation - testing .*pl etc....
Hiya All,

How can I test my PERL Scripts whilst making my web site?

I'm hoping there is some software out there that emulates a Web Server - without all the hassle of my building/setting up a Web Server from Stratch (Never done anything like that before - my next big project! 8) )


I'm happily my basic Web site at the moment, and haven't uploaded onto a web server or anything yet.


I'm stuck at the 1st hurdle WRT Perl Scripts!

I've created a basic PERL Script, which is suppose to generate a test web page. (See below.)


I cannot get it to run on my Standalone XP laptop at the moment. I'vve tried on my REHAT 8.0 PC as well - no good. It just fires up a DOS screen for a second, then dies


Hope you can help
Martin


>>>>>>>>>>>>


My Perl Script:

.....
!#C:Perl\bin\perl.exe

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

print "<html>";
print "<head>";
print "<title>Test Web Page by PERL SCRIPT</title></head>";

print "<body>";
print "<h2>Test Web Page by PERL SCRIPT!</h2>";
print "</body>";

print "</html>";


>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

PS:

I'm making a basic Team Web site.

Looking to add a Basic MySQL database at back, with PERL scripts referencing it etc.....

I'm stuck on the 1st hurdle!

Please help!

8)
# 2  
Old 03-27-2005
From a *nix shell, just run it through Perl and put it in a text file.
Code:
perl myscript.pl > myscript.html

You can open this in any browser.
# 3  
Old 03-27-2005
It is not as simple as "just changing the name of a file to an html file and opening the file with a brower." (as the first response would lead you to understand)

You will benefit by understanding the concepts of "Mime types" "handlers" and "CGI" and how to configure these (on, I assume, Apache server).


See this tutorial for more info.
# 4  
Old 03-29-2005
(Language removed - suggest you read the rules )

First of all, what I wrote is 100% correct for the code he posted - it is plain text to html, but in perl, without any CGI scripting involved.

Second, if you had cared to read his post you would have noticed his actual question: how to evaluate it without running a web server.

"You would benefit" indeed - feel superior much ?
Last edited by RTM; 03-29-2005 at 03:09 PM..
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Old 03-29-2005
Maybe you don't care but you never insult the owner - just fyi. After closing the thread, I realize the original poster may have more questions so I re-opened it. Adaptr - please read the rules.
Last edited by RTM; 03-29-2005 at 03:17 PM..
# 6  
Old 03-29-2005
Not that NEO needs any support, but he is correct. There are several distributions that you can install on a Windows PC that have apache web server, PHP, Perl, MySql and other "stuff". I did not have any experience installing these and found them quite good with detailed instructions on the setup. Most come with default settings that can get you up and running in a short amount of time. I use one to do development work before I upload them to a server. Post back if you want some links. I will look around for them. Good Luck.
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Old 03-29-2005
Quote:
Originally Posted by jyoung
Not that NEO needs any support, but he is correct. There are several distributions that you can install on a Windows PC that have apache web server, PHP, Perl, MySql and other "stuff". I did not have any experience installing these and found them quite good with detailed instructions on the setup. Most come with default settings that can get you up and running in a short amount of time. I use one to do development work before I upload them to a server. Post back if you want some links. I will look around for them. Good Luck.

Hiya J!

8)

If you throw me some links to this kind of software - I'd really appreciate it

Cheers
Martin
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