cgi code that opens a website

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

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Re: cgi code that opens a website by Corion (Patriarch) on Feb 21, 2011 at 18:47 UTC
That's easy. Just read CGI and use its `->redirect` method.	[reply] [d/l]
Re: cgi code that opens a website by wind (Priest) on Feb 21, 2011 at 19:21 UTC
`#!/usr/bin/perl use CGI; use strict; my $q = CGI->new; print $q->redirect('http://www.google.com'); 1;` [download]	[reply] [d/l]
Re^2: cgi code that opens a website by normann (Initiate) on Feb 22, 2011 at 14:55 UTC
Hey wind - thanks your code worked perfectly. Much appreciated - normann	[reply]
Re^3: cgi code that opens a website by Your Mother (Archbishop) on Feb 22, 2011 at 15:04 UTC
And just for the sake of completeness, if that's all you're doing these would be fine too. `use CGI; print CGI->new->redirect('http://www.google.com'); # or use CGI; print CGI::redirect('http://www.google.com'); # or (what I'd probably use) use CGI "redirect"; print redirect('http://www.google.com');` [download]	[reply] [d/l]
Re^4: cgi code that opens a website by Anonymous Monk on Feb 22, 2011 at 15:35 UTC
Re^5: cgi code that opens a website by Your Mother (Archbishop) on Feb 22, 2011 at 15:45 UTC
Re: cgi code that opens a website by elagon (Initiate) on Feb 22, 2011 at 07:22 UTC
In your code you just use the system() function which ask the operative system to execute the arguments That code won't work on anything but windows I think. Try read the CGI perldoc for a start, you will find usefull examples.	[reply]