Supported CGI

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Nov 30 2006, 2:19 pm
i've made my decision to recreate my site with CGI i was wondering what internet scripting languages support a CGI interface?
Nov 30 2006, 2:48 pm
DM, for one.
Nov 30 2006, 2:51 pm
In response to Jp
any others beside C++, PHP, or DM?
Nov 30 2006, 3:11 pm
In response to Upinflames
Perl certainly does. I'm not sure what else you can use... This isn't an area I'm an expert in.
Nov 30 2006, 6:45 pm
I've heard that PHP is an edit of CGI or something like that. Maybe PHP is one of them.
Nov 30 2006, 9:21 pm
In response to CaptFalcon33035
PHP is designed specifically with cgi-like applications in mind and comes ready with several key features to help with this such as MySQL DB support, hashing functions etc. I'm no PHP master so I'm not the absolute best person to talk about this.
Most languages can at least support a cgi interface even if they don't directly implement one i.e. C++ can be used though I'm fairly sure it doesn't have this support built in.
DM, of course, also supports CGI apps.
Dec 1 2006, 10:45 am
In response to Hazman
are there any tutorials because ive decided to use C++ but i dont know how so i need a tutorial
Dec 1 2006, 1:02 pm
In response to Upinflames
C++ is the last thing you'd want to use.

Use php, it's got cgi support.
Dec 1 2006, 1:19 pm
In response to Upinflames
C++ is the hardest of them all. Use DM. You should already be proficient in it.
Dec 1 2006, 5:36 pm
ruby also works
http://www.panix.com/web/faq/cgis.langs.html
that might be of help since it contains like 5ish languages you can use
Dec 3 2006, 2:02 pm
Put in another vote for PHP.

DM is good too, but most web hosts don't support it so you need to set it up yourself; and from what I've seen that's a bit of a pain.

If you want to use C++, use it for something else. Seriously. CGI is one thing that C++ is really not good at. Of course you can do it, but it's like using plastic explosives to drive in a nail; overkill and painful!

PHP is the right tool for this job.
Dec 4 2006, 2:04 am
In response to Crispy
Or, if you're good, you can make a different scripting language in C++ that you'll be familiar with. Something small to suit your needs. I imagine this would be pretty hard but hey, it might be worth it. :D

Actually, I think Bellsouth uses it's own system.

[Edit]
They use CGI and DLL. I'm not exactly sure how they use DLLs, because I've never heard of anything like that, but they do.
Dec 7 2006, 6:19 pm
In response to CaptFalcon33035
CaptFalcon33035 wrote:
it might be worth it. :D

No.