CGI, Perl and PHP

Now we are getting to the technical stuff! If you want to do any of the following, you will need to use CGI and Perl or PHP:

Set-up your own counter
Set-up your own guest book
Process forms
Offer a virtual card service to all browsers

CGI and PHP allow you to get your visitors to send information to your web server, which then processes the information and sends back a web page, which has been modified by that information. The processing is done at the server, rather than the visitor's computer. To use CGI or PHP, you will need:

A server which allows CGI and PHP access - check your own web server and see if they allow this. If not, choose a different web host - you are being ripped off! If you are setting up a commercial site, then, you should expect CGI / PHP access from which ever server you purchase web space on.
You need to learn a programming language. Sorry, we're not offering information on either at this time but we can point you at sites which deal with learning these languages very well:

For Perl - BigNoseBird is brilliant

For PHP as a programming language try the simple tutorial in the PHP manual at http://uk.php.net.

JayDax Computer Information Centre

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Now we are getting to the technical stuff! If you want to do any of the following, you will need to use CGI and Perl or PHP: