Getting IE/Firefox to run perl when a form/button is clicked

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Getting IE/Firefox to run perl when a form/button is clicked

Postby bogglemaster89 » 11. March 2010 00:58

Hello,

i am aware that this may have been asked before; however I could not find it; most of them seemed to be about installation.......anyway!

I'm trying to set-up IE/Firefox to run perl when a html form or button is pressed rather than try and make me download it! ive done the following
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<p> Please login with your Username and Password Below:</p>
<p>Username: </p>
<FORM ACTION="newexperiment.cgi" METHOD=POST>
<INPUT TYPE="text" NAME="username" VALUE="username">
<p>password: </p>
<INPUT TYPE="password" NAME="password" VALUE="password">
<INPUT TYPE="submit" VALUE="login">
<INPUT TYPE="reset" VALUE="reset">
</form>
<a href="login.cgi?key="username"&key2="password">click here</a>


neither work....how can I configure xampp so it works? Im using Vista by the way!

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Re: Getting IE/Firefox to run perl when a form/button is clicked

Postby MC10 » 11. March 2010 06:23

Are you running your programs through http://localhost/? (Your files must be in \xampp\htdocs.)

Aside from that, this line is incorrect:

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<a href="login.cgi?key="username"&key2="password">click here</a>


The quotes mess up the link. Instead do:

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<a href='login.cgi?key="username"&key2="password"'>click here</a>


Another note: your code is not going to validate through the W3C validator (http://validator.w3.org/) without major changes.
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