At 01:41 03.10.2002, Justin Luster wrote: > > >I m new to mod_perl and I m really enjoying it. It has really improved >performance. Right now I m just using Modperl::Registry to speed up >things. I have a question about showing graphics using a Perl Script and >running it through mod_perl. > > > >Using Perl under regular CGI to create a dynamic web page I have always used: > > > >print <img src=\ thefile.jpg\ > ; > > > >and this would display the graphic to the web page assuming that the file >thefile.jpg was in the same directory as the Perl script . If the >graphic was in another directory then something like: > > > >print <img src=\ ../graphics/thefile.jpg\ > ; > >[...] > >print <img src=\ http://www.mysite.com/graphics/thefile.jpg\ > ; > >but it seems that there is a delay in displaying the graphic when I do this. > >Where is the current working directory when running a Perl script under >mod_perl.
Hello Justin, You seem to misunderstand the working of the HTML <img> tag. All you're doing is to give an idea to the *browser* about where it should find the image, relatively to the *URI* of your script. Simply put, before you had: /cgi-bin/yourscript.cgi ---> img src="thefile.jpg" ---> browser tries to fetch /cgi-bin/thefile.jpg Now, you have: /ssiweb/yourscript.pl ----> img src="../graphics/thefile.jpg" ---> browser fetches /ssiweb/../graphics/thefile.jpg = /graphics/thefile.jpg You have almost found the best solution when in doubt: using absolute URIs. However, as you noticed, using the full URL is slower because the browser has to check the DNS again etc etc. So, if your graphics are acccessible as http://www.example.com/graphics/file.jpg, then you can insert an img tag with src="/graphics/file.jpg". Note the first slash which says to the browser "Begin at the root of this site and fetch the following URI". Ok? -- Per Einar Ellefsen [EMAIL PROTECTED]
