Perl Calling up Web Pages

[jollyroger]

Hello there
I hope somebody can help me. I have created a cgi script which authenticates my users against values in a database.
But once logged in I would like them to be taken to the next page. I really don't want to use the perl http module as we have already written the pages, instead I would simply like the perl script to call up the *.html page.
How can I do this?
Jollyroger

 

[Rieekan]

All you really need to do is place the following line at the end of the Perl script.

print "Location: [URL unfurl="true"]http://www.domain.com/path/to/page.html\n\n";[/URL]

 

[jollyroger]

Thanks very much, but will this make the page open automatically if a certain condition is met?
i.e. is this a link that is displayed on the screen or does the page actually open?
Anyway I will try it tonight when I am at home.
Thanks again.
With regards
Jollyroger

 

[tsdragon]

That will cause the browser to automatically load that page. It's called a "redirect". Don't print anything BUT that one line, or it may not work. Tracy Dryden
tracy@bydisn.com

http://www.bydisn.com

Meddle not in the affairs of dragons,
For you are crunchy, and good with mustard.

 

[jollyroger]

Hello there

You were right the second time, it simply printed the line, which I thought it would do, how do you do a re-direct then?

With regards

Ben

 

[tsdragon]

You need to make sure that the location line is the ONLY line you print. Do NOT print a content-type header or anything else. That should make it work. Tracy Dryden
tracy@bydisn.com

http://www.bydisn.com

Meddle not in the affairs of dragons,
For you are crunchy, and good with mustard.