mod_wsgi, mod_python, or just cgi?
mod_python is dead, so using mod_python probably isn’t a good idea for new projects. Personally, I prefer to use mod_wsgi over CGI (or FastCGI). It’s dead-simple to set up, and much more efficient.
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How do I configure Apache 2 to run Perl CGI scripts?
This post is intended to rescue the people who are suffering from *not being able to properly setup Apache2 for Perl on Ubuntu. (The system configurations specific to your Linux machine will be mentioned within square brackets, like [this]). Possible outcome of an improperly setup Apache 2: Browser trying to download the .pl file instead … Read more
What is difference between PHP cli and PHP cgi?
From http://www.php-cli.com/php-cli-cgi.shtml These are the most important differences between CLI and CGI: Unlike the CGI SAPI, CLI writes no headers to the output by default There are some php.ini directives which are overridden by the CLI SAPI because they do not make sense in shell environments: html_errors: CLI default is FALSE implicit_flush: CLI default is … Read more
What is HTTPD exactly?
Apache HTTPD is an HTTP server daemon produced by the Apache Foundation. It is a piece of software that listens for network requests (which are expressed using the Hypertext Transfer Protocol) and responds to them. It is open source and many entities use it to host their websites. Other HTTP servers are available (including Apache … Read more
How to get rid of non-ascii characters in ruby
Use String#encode The official way to convert between string encodings as of Ruby 1.9 is to use String#encode. To simply remove non-ASCII characters, you could do this: some_ascii = “abc” some_unicode = “áëëçüñżλφθΩ𠜎😸” more_ascii = “123ABC” invalid_byte = “\255” non_ascii_string = [some_ascii, some_unicode, more_ascii, invalid_byte].join # See String#encode documentation encoding_options = { :invalid => :replace, … Read more
Is it faster to access data from files or a database server? [closed]
I’ll add to the it depends crowd. This is the kind of question that has no generic answer but is heavily dependent on the situation at hand. I even recently moved some data from a SQL database to a flat file system because the overhead of the DB, combined with some DB connection reliability issues, … Read more
Differences and uses between WSGI, CGI, FastCGI, and mod_python in regards to Python?
A part answer to your question, including scgi. What’s the difference between scgi and wsgi? Is there a speed difference between WSGI and FCGI? How Python web frameworks, WSGI and CGI fit together CGI vs FCGI Lazy and not writing it on my own. From the wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FastCGI Instead of creating a new process for … Read more
How can I troubleshoot my Perl CGI script?
This answer is intended as a general framework for working through problems with Perl CGI scripts and originally appeared on Perlmonks as Troubleshooting Perl CGI Scripts. It is not a complete guide to every problem that you may encounter, nor a tutorial on bug squashing. It is just the culmination of my experience debugging CGI … Read more
Problem in running .net framework 4.0 website on iis 7.0
Go to IIS manager and click on the server name. Then click on the “ISAPI and CGI Restrictions” icon under the IIS header. Change ASP.NET 4.0 from “Not Allowed” to “Allowed”.
Show a PDF files in users browser via PHP/Perl
I assume you want the PDF to display in the browser, rather than forcing a download. If that is the case, try setting the Content-Disposition header with a value of inline. Also remember that this will also be affected by browser settings – some browsers may be configured to always download PDF files or open … Read more