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Re^2: CGI index as text

by tachyon (Chancellor)
on Nov 24, 2004 at 07:08 UTC ( [id://410071]=note: print w/replies, xml ) Need Help??


in reply to Re: CGI index as text
in thread CGI index as text

This is *extremely* unlikely to work. With a GET request and this redirect you will lose the QUERY_STRING. With POST it is even worse as it will almost certainly generate a 405 Method Not Allowed as you try to POST data to an HTML page.

cheers

tachyon

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Re^3: CGI index as text
by nedals (Deacon) on Nov 24, 2004 at 08:40 UTC

    The OP made this statement...
    The main index page is a CGI file, how can I get it to load?

    I understood this to mean that when initially accessing the site, the index page is a cgi script that needs to be accessed. There will be 'NO' QUERY_STRING or POST. This simply redirects the normal index page to the CGI script without the use of .htaccess (I also believe the .htaccess method is a better way to do it.)

    Please explain *extremely* unlikely to work

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      Please explain *extremely* unlikely to work

      I did. Dynamic sites almost inevitably GET/POST back to their root - take PM for example. PS content="0;url...

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