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Script treats character string as "cd" command

 


dlminton
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Mar 4, 2010, 11:34 AM

Post #1 of 13 (1400 views)
Script treats character string as "cd" command Can't Post
Drop any amount of text into box, no problem, until you use the string "cd/" or "cd\" somewhere in the text, then the script returns an error.

See [http://dlmweb.com/perlTest/]

Go easy on me, I am a 62 yr old webbie, who has been using "baby talk" perl for years... but really only reusing a limited set of snippets that I know and can make work. I have built lots of content mangagement sites, however, and had thousands of pages built with my script variations, but never encountered this anomoly.


FishMonger
Veteran

Mar 4, 2010, 12:21 PM

Post #2 of 13 (1393 views)
Re: [dlminton] Script treats character string as "cd" command [In reply to] Can't Post
Start by getting rid of this outdated code. (It's been out of date for more than 10 years and has a number of bugs)
Code
require "cgi-lib.pl"; 
 
# Read in variables 
 
&ReadParse; 
 
# Print out header 
 
print &PrintHeader;
Replace it with this:
Code
use CGI; 
 
my $cgi = CGI->new; 
my %in = $cgi->Vars; 
 
print $cgi->header;


dlminton
Novice

Mar 4, 2010, 12:39 PM

Post #3 of 13 (1391 views)
Re: [FishMonger] Script treats character string as "cd" command [In reply to] Can't Post
ok, done. And thanks for that.

replaced code on test script, but its still has the same behavior (http://dlmweb.com/perlTest/)


FishMonger
Veteran

Mar 4, 2010, 12:53 PM

Post #4 of 13 (1389 views)
Re: [dlminton] Script treats character string as "cd" command [In reply to] Can't Post
Can you post the full script?


dlminton
Novice

Mar 4, 2010, 1:02 PM

Post #5 of 13 (1386 views)
Re: [FishMonger] Script treats character string as "cd" command [In reply to] Can't Post
#!/usr/bin/perl

use CGI;

my $cgi = CGI->new;
my %in = $cgi->Vars;

print $cgi->header;


# The Program
&variables;

&createReturn;

sub variables {



$testData = $in{'testData'};


}

sub createReturn {

print <<Error;

$testData


Error






}


FishMonger
Veteran

Mar 4, 2010, 1:18 PM

Post #6 of 13 (1381 views)
Re: [dlminton] Script treats character string as "cd" command [In reply to] Can't Post
Change the ENCTYPE to:
Quote
enctype="multipart/form-data"
And change the script to this:
Code
#!/usr/bin/perl 
 
use strict; 
use warnings; 
use CGI; 
use CGI::Carp qw(fatalsToBrowser); 
 
my $cgi = CGI->new; 
my %in = $cgi->Vars; 
 
print $cgi->header, 
      $cgi->start_html(-title => 'Test'), 
      $cgi->h1($in{'testData'}), 
      $cgi->end_html;

(This post was edited by FishMonger on Mar 4, 2010, 1:21 PM)


dlminton
Novice

Mar 4, 2010, 1:32 PM

Post #7 of 13 (1376 views)
Re: [FishMonger] Script treats character string as "cd" command [In reply to] Can't Post
changed the enctype on the input form, and replaced script w/new.

still same odd behavior, though.

Really appreciate this help, regardless of outcome!


FishMonger
Veteran

Mar 4, 2010, 1:43 PM

Post #8 of 13 (1373 views)
Re: [dlminton] Script treats character string as "cd" command [In reply to] Can't Post
That's odd.

Lets try changing the script to this.
Code
#!/usr/bin/perl 
 
use strict; 
use warnings; 
use CGI; 
use CGI::Carp qw(fatalsToBrowser); 
use Data::Dumper; 
 
my $cgi = CGI->new; 
my %in = $cgi->Vars; 
 
print $cgi->header, 
      $cgi->start_html(-title => 'Test'), 
      Dumper( \%in ), 
      $cgi->end_html;


dlminton
Novice

Mar 4, 2010, 1:54 PM

Post #9 of 13 (1371 views)
Re: [FishMonger] Script treats character string as "cd" command [In reply to] Can't Post
nope, still gives me this for the string "cd/"

Method Not Implemented

GET to /cgi-bin/perlTest.pl not supported.

for what it is worth using just the string "cd: gives me:

$VAR1 = { 'testData' => 'cd' };


FishMonger
Veteran

Mar 4, 2010, 2:03 PM

Post #10 of 13 (1367 views)
Re: [dlminton] Script treats character string as "cd" command [In reply to] Can't Post
I just noticed that you're missing some quotes around a couple of the form attribute values. Some web servers have problems with unquoted values. Make sure each value is properly quoted.

If that doesn't solve the problem, then it's a web server issue and time to talk with your web host and see what they have to say.


dlminton
Novice

Mar 4, 2010, 2:10 PM

Post #11 of 13 (1364 views)
Re: [FishMonger] Script treats character string as "cd" command [In reply to] Can't Post
I will speak to my server guys, corrected the unquoted attributes to no avail.

Thank you so much for your help! At least I know it is a stubborn little quirk that has confounded a wiser hand than mine!!

BTW, My sites all run on pretty normal stuff...

Apache version 2.0.63

Perl version 5.8.8


dlminton
Novice

Mar 4, 2010, 3:26 PM

Post #12 of 13 (1355 views)
Re: [dlminton] Script treats character string as "cd" command [In reply to] Can't Post
As an interesting addendum to this (especially for the long term record) I just spoke to my son, who has a few sites he runs that are PHP driven. It seems this CD issue has similar problematic results on PHP content management systems. He raised the possibility that server settings themselves may be the "root" cause (no pun intended), and that other "system commands" are simply not possible.

Looks like the solution to this little issue is just for my music blogger to NOT use cd/dvd but rather the form dvd/cd. Of course, how it is that THIS forums input form and scripting doesn't choke on the cd/ remains an unanswered question.

Ah well, this afternoon's assistance from FishMonger has been marvelous, and serves to reinforce my decision of some 10 yrs ago that Perl is the right language for this old hippie!

Thks, FM
dlm


FishMonger
Veteran

Mar 4, 2010, 3:35 PM

Post #13 of 13 (1353 views)
Re: [dlminton] Script treats character string as "cd" command [In reply to] Can't Post
Your form is still missing some quotes.

Change:
Code
<input type=text name="testData" size=50>
To:
Code
<input type="text" name="testData" size=50 />

(This post was edited by FishMonger on Mar 4, 2010, 3:36 PM)

 
 


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