Uploading a Perl Script

[NZ_Kiwis]

Hi,

I've got a ready made script I want to upload. the files are like index.pl I understand this is Perl. If I upload it as a normal file it shows the code when I display the file. Do I have to upload this in the cgi-bin folder or something else all tgether??? I undertand my server can handle perl scripts (is there a way i can test this?)

Thanks

[samudasu]

This isn't a php issue but yes, put it in the cgi-bin directory and make sure the permissions are correct. http://httpd.apache.org/docs/1.3/howto/cgi.html#yourfirstcgiprogram

[jazz_snob]

Is the perl script supposed do output to the browser? If so make sure this code appears before any output is written:

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

• this assumes the script does html output, if it does something else (like xml) then you'll need to change the header accordingly