Re: Using Perl To Redirect To Other Pages

quick and dirty:

my $url="http://www.foo.com";
my $t=1; # time until redirect activates
print "<META HTTP-EQUIV=refresh CONTENT=\"$t;URL=$url\">\n";
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use CGI;
my $query=new CGI;
print $query->redirect('http://www.foo.com');
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Updated: changed the time until redirect so as not to break the back button per LTjake's suggestion.
-phill

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Re: Re: Using Perl To Redirect To Other Pages by LTjake (Prior) on Dec 03, 2002 at 19:52 UTC
Minor point, but this "tip" says not to use META refresh for redirection. Perhaps `print "Location: http://www.foo.com/\n\n";` [download] is a better "quick-n-dirty"? Update: Whoops. Fixed code - missed newlines - hat tip: Cody Pendant. -- Rock is dead. Long live paper and scissors!	[reply] [d/l]
Re: Re: Re: Using Perl To Redirect To Other Pages by Cody Pendant (Prior) on Dec 04, 2002 at 01:56 UTC
print "Location: http://www.foo.com/"; Doesn't that need a couple of newlines after it to work? -- `($_='jjjuuusssttt annootthheer pppeeerrrlll haaaccckkeer')=~y/a-z//s;print;` [download]	[reply] [d/l]
Re^3: Using Perl To Redirect To Other Pages by Anonymous Monk on Nov 19, 2008 at 21:13 UTC
I agree, Cody. Why do people submit solutions that require others to load the submitters HUGE (favorite) Library of overcoded functions when there is such simple solutions?	[reply]
Re^4: Using Perl To Redirect To Other Pages by Your Mother (Archbishop) on Nov 19, 2008 at 21:35 UTC
If the question asked for how to use HTTP to redirect, I'd probably think to give the `print "Location..."` answer but when asked for cgi, even in lowercase, we do tend to think of CGI.pm. Plus, though the `print "Loc..."` works, it is short on headers. It's fine to do it yourself but doing it right is usually easier through an interface. Even one that is less than ideal. `~>perl -MCGI -le 'print CGI::redirect("http://perlmonks.org")' Status: 302 Found Location: http://perlmonks.org` [download]	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^4: Using Perl To Redirect To Other Pages by Anonymous Monk on Nov 20, 2008 at 08:21 UTC
Because perlmonks isn't HTTP monks; because you didn't want to learn HTTP; because HUGE (favorite) Library of overcoded functions keeps you from having to learn HTTP.	[reply]
Re^3: Using Perl To Redirect To Other Pages by unrelatedmonk1 (Novice) on Apr 05, 2016 at 16:28 UTC
The beauty of the simple. Thanks!	[reply]