Re^2: Request URI

I have seen a few tutorials on Environment Variables in Perl that show REQUEST_URI as a perl Environment Variable.
They dont say anything about apache providing it and IIS not.

I'm not saying Joost is wrong, but there may be some tutorials out there that are.

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Re^3: Request URI by Joost (Canon) on Feb 11, 2007 at 15:06 UTC
the environment variables for a cgi program are always set by the webserver running the code. otherwise, how would they get set? REQUEST_URI is nice to have but since it's not in the CGI specs webservers are not under any obligation to provide it. Also the MS support page "Environment Variables Returned by IIS via CGI" doesn't list REQUEST_URI either. "What should it profit a man, if he should win a flame war, yet lose his cool?"	[reply]

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Re^3: Request URI
by Joost (Canon) on Feb 11, 2007 at 15:06 UTC

REQUEST_URI is nice to have but since it's not in the CGI specs webservers are not under any obligation to provide it. Also the MS support page "Environment Variables Returned by IIS via CGI" doesn't list REQUEST_URI either.

"What should it profit a man, if he should win a flame war, yet lose his cool?"

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