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Re: Passing params to a php file via perl cgi script.

by dmmiller2k (Chaplain)
on Jan 20, 2002 at 02:12 UTC ( [id://140139]=note: print w/replies, xml ) Need Help??


in reply to Passing params to a php file via perl cgi script.

I'll bet what's happening is that your cgi script is being called with the following parameters:

  • url=http://www.asite.com/result.php
  • mode=n
  • color=blue
  • age=18

As a result, when you attempt to call your get() subroutine with the value of the 'url' parameter, you are only passing 'http://www.asite.com/result.php'.

To avoid this, you should replace the non-alpha (e.g., ? and &) characters in your url to their encoded equivalents:

  • & => %26
  • / => %2F
  • : => %3A
  • = => %3D
  • ? => %3F
  • etc. (look up the rest)

Which would mean calling your cgi script with the following as a 'url' parameter:

http://www.mysite.com/cgi-bin/my_perl.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.asite.com%2Fresult.php%3Fmode%3Dn%26color%3Dblue%26age%3D18

dmm

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(jeffa) 2Re: Passing params to a php file via perl cgi script.
by jeffa (Bishop) on Jan 20, 2002 at 03:49 UTC
    "etc. (look up the rest)"

    I couldn't resist: 

    my %codes = map {chr($_) => sprintf("%%%x",$_)} (0..255);

print map {"$_ => " . $codes{$_} . "\n"} qw(& / : = ?);

    [download]
    But, URI::Escape is much better.

    jeffa

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[d/l]

      URI::Escape is the way to go if you're comfortable using modules ...

      dmm

      If you GIVE a man a fish you feed him for a day
      But,       TEACH him to fish and you feed him for a lifetime
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