Submit PHP form to perl script

fakename has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

Hi, I am new to PERL and I am trying to pass a textarea value from a PHP form to a PERL script but I am unable to do so.

I got this from one friend
<?php 
?> 
<form method="post" action="script.pl"> 
<textarea name="mytextarea">textarea content</textarea> 
<input type="submit" name="submit" value="submit" /> 
</form>
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perl script

#!/usr/bin/perl 
use strict; 
use warnings; 
use CGI ':standard'; 
 
my $mytextarea = param('mytextarea'); 
 
print "Content-type: text/html\n\n"; 
print "$mytextarea";
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but I am getting this

"Server error! 

The server encountered an internal error and was unable to complete yo
+ur request. 

Error message: 
Premature end of script headers: *.pl"
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I am using XAMPP on Vista
Can anybody help me on this plz?

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Re: Submit PHP form to perl script by wind (Priest) on Apr 06, 2011 at 03:49 UTC
Add the following to just after `use CGI` `use CGI::Carp qw(fatalsToBrowser warningsToBrowser);` [download] Wrap your param in actual html `print "<html><body>Hello world = '$mytextarea'</body></html>";` [download] And try adding the following to the end of your perl script: `1; __END__` [download] In summary `#!/usr/bin/perl use strict; use warnings; use CGI ':standard'; use CGI::Carp qw(fatalsToBrowser warningsToBrowser); my $mytextarea = param('mytextarea'); print "Content-type: text/html\n\n"; print "<html><body>Hello world = '$mytextarea'</body></html>"; 1; __END__` [download]	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^2: Submit PHP form to perl script by fakename (Initiate) on Apr 06, 2011 at 07:12 UTC
I added that but the same error persists :(	[reply]
Re: Submit PHP form to perl script by thezip (Vicar) on Apr 06, 2011 at 04:09 UTC
What does your webserver's error log file say? What can be asserted without proof can be dismissed without proof. - Christopher Hitchens	[reply]
Re^2: Submit PHP form to perl script by fakename (Initiate) on Apr 06, 2011 at 05:59 UTC
it says Wed Apr 06 11:26:18 2011 error client 127.0.0.1 Premature end of script headers: test.pl, referer: http://localhost/cgi-bin/midi/index.php Wed Apr 06 11:26:18 2011 error client 127.0.0.1 Can't locate strict.pm in @INC (@INC contains: .) at H:/xampp/cgi-bin/midi/test.pl line 3.\r, referer: http://localhost/cgi-bin/midi/index.php Wed Apr 06 11:26:18 2011 error client 127.0.0.1 BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at H:/xampp/cgi-bin/midi/test.pl line 3.\r, referer: http://localhost/cgi-bin/midi/index.php	[reply]
Re: Submit PHP form to perl script by wfsp (Abbot) on Apr 06, 2011 at 08:03 UTC
Apache reads the shebang line. Is that where your perl is?	[reply]
Re^2: Submit PHP form to perl script by wind (Priest) on Apr 06, 2011 at 23:02 UTC
This was resolved over at perlguru. But yes, it appears his perl wasn't installed correctly.	[reply]