Hi,
I come to this forum in the hope you actually have a few Perl experts amongst your ranks. I have tried 4 forums to date with no resolution to my seemingly simple problem.

I am a programmer by profession but have never delved into the World of Perl.

Problem:
I need to pass a variable from Perl to java script: In this case its an IP address.

I cannot change the page to something easier to use like php etc hence being forced to use Perl and Jscript.

Below is what experts have got up to now, however it does not work:

Perl code:


html jscript code:


In the perl code someone said that the quotes need escaping like this:


However when running the page I still get Var IP not defined as a jscript error.

Test urls are here


Perl is here


Any help would gratefully be received

regards
nemo1966

PS the Perl cgi-bin is tested and working

PPS I know this can be done see:

This works in exactly the way I desribe, however I cannot find anyone with the knowledge to mimic its functionality.

This post has been edited by nemo1966: 12 Oct, 2007 - 12:52 AM

You're passing a perl script as the source file to your javascript tag?

<script LANGUAGE="JavaScript" SRC="/cgi-bin/ip"></SCRIPT>

this returns a 500 error:

http://www.rimmelsoft.co.uk/cgi-bin/ip

this wants to download the perl script:

http://www.rimmelsoft.co.uk/cgi-bin/ip.pl

which results in a one line file:

var IP="66.53.214.8"

there is no perl code. There is no perl variable. This makes no sense.

I made a quick example of what you done at http://thegupstudio.com/exampleip.html , which calls http://thegupstudio.com/cgi-bin/showip.pl

The perl code is very simple:



The html code is very simple as well, the javascript lines just look like:



simple little example, but you can have the perl create any javascript code you need. Paired with dynamically fetching the content of said perl script, you have a fun little thing called AJAX basically. Make sure your perl cgi script is executable, or you could do the same thing with php.

Thanks for helping out mocker and welcome to dream.in.code!

OMG you are a saint!!

First person in 5 boards to be able to crack it.

thank you Sir!

This post has been edited by nemo1966: 15 Oct, 2007 - 03:34 AM

All that does is print what would be the contents of a static javascript soure code file. That is not the same as the question you asked which is probably why nobody was able to supply a correct answer. Kudos to mocker for figuring out a solution to a poorly worded queston.

Untrue if you look at the searchnc.com example I gave it does EXACTLY the same

Poorly worded? LOL you mean you just didn't understand it? It seems someone did though. Stop trying to offset your lack of intelligence by blaming everyone else for your short-comings.

This post has been edited by nemo1966: 17 Oct, 2007 - 05:56 AM

Whoa Whoa Whoa nemo. Don't come to my forum asking for help and then verbally attack someone that tried to help you. Poorly worded or not, you got the help you needed.

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