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CGI/Perl, PHP, and ASP Programming | Back to main FAQ page |

What is CGI-BIN for?

The Perl shebang line

Perl programming paths

PHP programming manuals

Test if PHP is working

What is the Perl version?

What is CGI-BIN for?

CGI-BIN is the place for executing your cgi/perl scripts on UNIX accounts.

The Perl shebang line

In all Perl scripts, the first line of code should be the shebang line, which in programming terms is the path to Perl on the server. The correct shebang line for Perl scripts reads as follows:

#!/usr/bin/perl

Perl programming paths

The important Perl scripting paths are as follows:

Path to Perl: /usr/bin/perl
Sendmail: /usr/sbin/sendmail
Absolute Path:

For UNIX accounts: /home/sites/www.yourdomain.com/web/

Absolute path for CGI-BIN:

For UNIX accounts: /home/sites/www.yourdomain.com/web/cgi-bin

What is the Perl version?

Perl v5.22 including MD5 Module

PHP programming manuals

For a complete documentation and a extensive tutorial on the PHP programming language, check out http://www.php.net/manual. For a quick, mini tutorial check out http://www.php.net/tut.php.

Test if PHP is working (UNIX and Hybrid accounts only)

To test to make sure PHP is working on the server (And to rationalize the reason why your PHP script isn't working is because it's not installed), make a file with a .php extension that has the following contents:

<?
echo phpinfo();
?>

Then place it into a directory where you can view it over web. Acces the page, it will show information about php. If you see the contents of the file, it is not working.

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