Re: Passing params to a php file via perl cgi script.

I'll bet what's happening is that your cgi script is being called with the following parameters:

url=http://www.asite.com/result.php
mode=n
color=blue
age=18

As a result, when you attempt to call your get() subroutine with the value of the 'url' parameter, you are only passing 'http://www.asite.com/result.php'.

To avoid this, you should replace the non-alpha (e.g., ? and &) characters in your url to their encoded equivalents:

& => %26
/ => %2F
: => %3A
= => %3D
? => %3F
etc. (look up the rest)

Which would mean calling your cgi script with the following as a 'url' parameter:

http://www.mysite.com/cgi-bin/my_perl.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.asite.com%2Fresult.php%3Fmode%3Dn%26color%3Dblue%26age%3D18

dmm

If you GIVE a man a fish you feed him for a day
But, TEACH him to fish and you feed him for a lifetime

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(jeffa) 2Re: Passing params to a php file via perl cgi script. by jeffa (Bishop) on Jan 20, 2002 at 03:49 UTC
"etc. (look up the rest)" I couldn't resist: `my %codes = map {chr($_) => sprintf("%%%x",$_)} (0..255); print map {"$_ => " . $codes{$_} . "\n"} qw(& / : = ?);` [download] But, URI::Escape is much better. jeffa L-LL-L--L-LL-L--L-LL-L-- -R--R-RR-R--R-RR-R--R-RR B--B--B--B--B--B--B--B-- H---H---H---H---H---H--- (the triplet paradiddle with high-hat)	[reply] [d/l]
Re: 3 (jeffa): Passing params to a php file via perl cgi script. by dmmiller2k (Chaplain) on Jan 20, 2002 at 05:42 UTC
URI::Escape is the way to go if you're comfortable using modules ... dmm If you GIVE a man a fish you feed him for a day But, TEACH him to fish and you feed him for a lifetime	[reply]