Re^2: Image doesnot display in perl cgi when moved code from linux to windows

URL I am accesing is http://localhost/cgi-bin/index.cgi

the code for this page is

#!perl 

use DBI;
use CGI::Carp "fatalsToBrowser";
use CGI;
my $q = CGI->new();
print $q->header;
print $q->img ({ -src => "C:/Apache24/images/tree.jpeg", -align=>"CENT
+ER"  });

print $q->start_html;

print $q->start_form( -method=>"get" , -action => "form_1.cgi" , );
print $q->div( {-align=>    'center' , }, $q->br,$q->br,$q->submit ( -
+value=> 'Add New Employee' , -name => 'action' ,) );
print $q->end_form;

print $q->start_form( -method=>"post" , -action => "db_connect.cgi" , 
+);
print $q->div( {-align=>    'center' , }, $q->br,$q->br,$q->submit ( -
+value=> 'View All Employees' , -name => 'action' ,) );
print $q->end_form;

print $q->start_form( -method=>"get" , -action => "db_insert.cgi" , );
print $q->div( {-align=>    'center' , }, $q->br,$q->br,$q->submit ( -
+value=> 'Delete Employee' , -name => 'action' ,) );
print $q->end_form;


print $q->end_html;
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Even if i give full image path , as given in above source code, it doesnt show up. while I can access same via command prompt

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Re^3: Image doesnot display in perl cgi when moved code from linux to windows by roboticus (Chancellor) on Jul 23, 2015 at 10:46 UTC
saurabh220837: You're using "C:/Apache24/images/tree.jpeg" as the image source. I can guarantee you that that's not the URL that will access the file. As people have mentioned to you, you'll need to check the apache configuration to find out how to tell it where the image is. For example, if I set up a web server, I might configure it like this: `Alias /images C:/Apache24/images/ DocumentRoot D:/CoolWebsiteProject/html Alias /cgi-bin D:/CoolWebsiteProject/bin` [download] So as far as the outside world is concerned "https://YourWebsite.com/images/tree.jpeg" would be the location that the outside world would use to access your image file. Similarly, "https://YourWebsite.com/cgi-bin/index.cgi" would be coming from D:/CoolwebsiteProject/bin. That's why you need to look at your configuration. Any time you're putting something like "C:/local/path/to/file" in an web page, you're doing it wrong. ...roboticus When your only tool is a hammer, all problems look like your thumb.	[reply] [d/l]
Re^3: Image doesnot display in perl cgi when moved code from linux to windows by RichardK (Parson) on Jul 23, 2015 at 10:00 UTC
Have you checked the webserver log for any errors? Using an absolute path on the file system doesn't look right, try specifying that path as relative to the DocumentRoot.	[reply]
Re^3: Image doesnot display in perl cgi when moved code from linux to windows by MidLifeXis (Monsignor) on Jul 23, 2015 at 12:38 UTC
In addition to the path location mentioned above, you are also printing the `<img>` tag outside of the `<html>` block. The generated HTML is not valid. Access the source of the resource present at your URL (see LWP::UserAgent or `curl` or even `echo 'GET /my/url HTTP/1.0' \| telnet hostname 80` and take a look at what is being generated. --MidLifeXis	[reply] [d/l] [select]