Perl and Apache

[tr0ss]

I'm pretty much a newbie, but I've installed Apache and PHP on my PC. My church's web host only accepts Perl/cgi-bin type stuff. I'd like to install Perl on my machine and configure Apache to accept perl as well as PHP.

Can anyone point me to a place which describes how to configure Apache to handle perl scripts?

Thanks!

 

[zephan]

You've got several ways to do it. One is to use AddHandler directive in http.conf

take a look at the following link :

http://httpd.apache.org/docs-2.0/mod/mod_mime.html#addhandler

 

[tr0ss]

Right, but how does Apache know to send my .cgi file to the Perl interpreter loaded on my machine? There isn't any directive in my httpd.conf file telling Apache where my perl.exe is on my machine.

 

[doublehelix]

The first line of a perl script is called the shebang line. it tells the script where the perl interpreter is.

 

[fmiller]

The directive to locate the Perl interpreter is in the first line of the script to be run. Usually it is
#!/usr/bin/perl

 

[goBoating]

faq452-653 does a cursory overview of doing CGI with Perl. 'hope this helps

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