Topic: Newby: can't configure cgi (pl, php) with Apache 2.2 for XP

[ggolub]

Hello guys, I am having a problem to move forward with cgi / php configuration.
Here is what I did already:
Installed Apache 2.2 and it works by display idx file in htdocs directory.
Installed php 5.3.2 for Windows. It's executable is seen from any cmd window.
I have not changed any default configuration for Apache server and placed hello.pl file into ...cgi-bin directory. The script is from Apache online manual:
#!/usr/bin/perl
print "Content-type: text/html\n\n";
print "Hello, World.";
... and works if started from command line.
Here are few problems I notice.
1. I execute from browser next:
http://192.168.1.117/cgi-bin/first.pl
... and error log says: File does not exist: C:/Program Files/Apache Software Foundation/Apache2.2/htdocs/first.pl

Why does it look in htdocs when I expect it to look at: cgi-bin?
Conf file has next entry:
ScriptAlias /cgi-bin/ "C:/Program Files/Apache Software Foundation/Apache2.2/cgi-bin/"

Which in my opinion should refer server to cgi-bin instead of htdocs.

2. When I copy script in htdocs, instead of using output as input to web page, it produces dialog asking:
Do you want to open this file (hello.pl), when I click button 'open', I see for a moment and it dissapears.

I followed religiously: 'Apache Tutorial: Dynamic Content with CGI' - no result.
Any advice somebody can provide?

Thank you for any help.

[James Blond]

Hi!
There is a tutorial in this forum how to install php and perl. http://www.apachelounge.com/viewtopic.php?t=2394

If you still have a question, please ask again.

[ggolub]

James, thank you so much!
Right to the point 100%.