Greetings;
The two most common problems are an invalid path-to-perl and
invalid permissions.
First, get on the command line of your server and do a
which perl
and see where it is on that system. The two examples you have
quoted have different paths! And they both give the same
results?
Check the error logs for the server and see what they say.
They are usually much more informative. They should be
publically accessible when you are logged on.
There is an apache extension that tightens up security for
cgi programs. If your server is using this the requirements
for naming and permissions are slightlky different and very
picky. Check with your server support people.
Good Luck!
Dennis
On Wed, 26 Mar 2003, Cool Hand Luke wrote:
> Date: Wed, 26 Mar 2003 18:16:22 -0800
> From: Cool Hand Luke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: Scot Robnett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: The very un-useful 'premature end of script headers' error
> message
>
> Hi Scott,
> Thanks for the reply. I tried using your code (I'm a beginner with the
> cgi module so please let me know if I made any obvious errors) and it gave
> me the same error. Here's what I tried. Also, I've noticed that any time I
> use CGI::Carp to try to write errors to the browser it gives me that same
> error message. Also, this server is using version 5.003, which I know is not
> a good idea because there are problems with output buffering, is this
> perhaps the source?
> Thanks,
> Luke
>
> #!/usr/bin/perl -w
>
> use strict;
> use CGI qw(:all);
> use CGI::Carp qw(fatalsToBrowser); # send errors to browser
> use SimLib;
>
> my $q = new CGI; # initiate new CGI object
> print $q->header(-type=>'text/html'); # send text/html header to browser
>
> (Same as before)
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Scot Robnett" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: "Cool Hand Luke" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Wednesday, March 26, 2003 4:13 PM
> Subject: RE: The very un-useful 'premature end of script headers' error
> message
>
>
> > A couple of things, and I don't know if this affects Stronghold and I'm
> not
> > sure with which browser(s) you're testing. The first "C" in "Content-type:
> > text/html\n\n"; should be capitalized, or better yet, use the CGI module
> to
> > print the header.
> >
> > #!/usr/bin/perl -w
> >
> > use strict;
> > use CGI qw(:all);
> > use CGI::Carp qw(fatalsToBrowser); # send errors to browser
> > use SimLib;
> >
> > my $q = new CGI; # initiate new CGI object
> > print $q->header(-type=>'text/html'); # send text/html header to browser
> >
> > # etc.
> >
> > Also, it's cleaner to use the CGI module or a HERE document to print your
> > HTML code, for example:
> >
> > print $q->h1('Header');
> > print $q->p('blah blah blah');
> >
> > or
> >
> > print <<ENDOFHTML;
> > <BODY>
> > <H3>Final Order</H3>
> > ENDOFHTML
> >
> > # and so on...
> >
> >
> > -----
> > Scot Robnett
> > inSite Internet Solutions
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Cool Hand Luke [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Sent: Wednesday, March 26, 2003 5:52 PM
> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Subject: Re: The very un-useful 'premature end of script headers' error
> > message
> >
> >
> > BTW, that's Stronghold/Apache version 1.3.4 if that helps...
> > Thanks Again
> > Luke
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Cool Hand Luke" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > Sent: Wednesday, March 26, 2003 3:41 PM
> > Subject: The very un-useful 'premature end of script headers' error
> message
> >
> >
> > > Hi there,
> > > I am having the toughest time trying to run perl scripts on this
> > > Stronghold Apache SSL server I am working with for my company.
> Everything
> > I
> > > run returns the same 'premature end of script headers' error message.
> This
> > > has happened with every script I've run except the most rudimentary
> "hello
> > > world" types of scripts. I've made sure the chmod were set to 755 for
> all
> > > files and the directory all the files are in to eliminate that as a
> > concern.
> > > Is it the buffering? I've also made sure that I was uploading the files
> in
> > > ascii mode and not binary and I've been saving the files using UNIX
> > > conventions, so I don't think any invisible carriage returns or anything
> > of
> > > the sort have crept in. Here is what I am trying to run this time...
> > > Any help would be appreciated, cuz I'm stumped.
> > > Thanks
> > >
> > > #!/usr/local/bin/perl -w
> > >
> > > print "content-type: text/html\n\n";
> > >
> > > use strict;
> > > use SimLib;
> > >
> > > my $loginid = "XXXXXX";
> > > my $txnkey = "XXXXXX";
> > >
> > > my %ENTRY = &SimLib::get_submission;
> > >
> > > my $x_amount = $ENTRY{'x_amount'};
> > >
> > > if (index($x_amount,'$') == 0){
> > > $x_amount = substr($x_amount,1);
> > > }
> > >
> > > my $x_description = $ENTRY{'x_description'};
> > > my $x_currency_code = "USD";
> > >
> > >
> > > print "<HTML> <HEAD> <TITLE>Order Form</TITLE>\n";
> > >
> > > print "</HEAD>\n";
> > > print "<BODY>\n<H3>Final Order</H3>\n";
> > >
> > > print "Description: ".$x_description." <BR />\n";
> > > print "Total Amount : ".$x_amount." <BR /><BR />\n";
> > >
> > > print "<FORM
> > > action=\"https://certification.authorize.net/gateway/transact.dll\";
> > > method=\"POST\">\n";
> > >
> > > &SimLib::InsertFP($loginid, $txnkey, $x_amount, $x_currency_code);
> > >
> > > print "<input type=\"hidden\" name=\"x_description\" value=\"" .
> > > $x_description . "\">\n";
> > > print "<input type=\"hidden\" name=\"x_login\" value=\"" . $loginid .
> > > "\">\n";
> > > print "<input type=\"hidden\" name=\"x_amount\" value=\"" . $x_amount .
> > > "\">\n";
> > > print "<input type=\"hidden\" name=\"x_show_Form\"
> > > value=\"PAYMENT_FORM\">\n";
> > > print "<input type=\"hidden\" name=\"x_test_request\"
> value=\"TRUE\">\n";
> > > print "<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Accept Order\">\n";
> > > print "</FORM> </BODY> </HTML>";
> > >
> > > 1;
> > >
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