in reply to (OT) Windows XP browser doesn't seem to recognise $ENV{ 'HTTP_HOST' }

IIRC the Host header is only required for HTTP/1.1 requests - although almost all browsers send one with HTTP/1.0 requests too.

Not that you'd need it in this case: just use -src => '/start.html' instead.

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Re^2: (OT) Windows XP browser doesn't seem to recognise $ENV{ 'HTTP_HOST' }
by jonnyfolk (Vicar) on May 31, 2006 at 19:25 UTC
    That fixed it - thanks Joost
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