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[11684]

Hello everyone!

I wanted to use PERL on my server, but my server doesn't recognize PERL.
I'm new to PERL (but I do know PHP), so please keep it simple...
Say I've written a simple script, named script.pl:

[CODE]
#!/usr/bin/perl
use warnings;
use strict;

my $hello = "Hello world!";

print $hello;

[CODE]

Yes, it's not the code I want to get running, but that's not the problem.
The problem is, the output is not "Hello world!", but the code itself...
I'm not the owner of the server, I only have acces to one single directory.

How can I configure my directory that it will execute my PERL code server side?
Thanks.

[WingedPanther]

Have you installed perl on your server? What OS is your server running? How did you try to execute the above program?

[Alexander]

If you are running on a shared hosting panel, there usually are options regarding perl/ruby/etc.

Regardless, the common setup for most servers that support such scripts is to create a folder name cgi-bin in root and run it there (foo.com/cgi-bin/hello.pl). You will have to set up specific permissions (you'd have to look them up) in ftp or else you will get a blank screen and 500 server error.