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randy
randy

Reputation: 1877

getting the error "malformed header from script" moving some old legacy perl code

I am moving some really old legacy perl cgi code to a new server.

All the old perl stuff seems to be working except one script and one line.

I am not sure if i have forgotten to load something (usually it tells me i am missing something)

the line of code that causes the error:

print $query->redirect(-location=>"/servlet/guestbookServlet?method=displayGuestBook&dir=kam");

the error in the errorlog is

 malformed header from script. Bad header=HTTP/1.0 "/servlet/guestbookSe: guestbook.pl

if i put in malformed header from script. Bad header=HTTP/1.0 "/servlet/guestbookSe: guestbook.pl durectly in the browser it is fine

if i put 

print header
print $query->redirect(-location=>"/servlet/guestbookServlet?method=displayGuestBook&dir=kam");

the browser just prints out ( which i am not sure really look correct?)

HTTP/1.0 "/servlet/guestbookServlet?method Status: "/servlet/guestbookServlet?method
Window-target: kam" Set-cookie: displayGuestBook&dir Expires: -Status Date: Tuesday, 
31-Dec-2013 14:04:37 GMT -Location http://www1.mydomain.com/cgi-local/guestbook.pl?
action: -URI http://www1.mydomain.com/cgi-local/guestbook.pl?action: -nph 0 Content-
type: LOCATION

Upvotes: 0

Views: 861

Answers (1)

Guntram Blohm
Guntram Blohm

Reputation: 9819

Try

print $query->redirect("/servlet/guestbookServlet?method=displayGuestBook&dir=kam");

without the -location. Also check the docs under GENERATING A REDIRECTION HEADER.

Upvotes: 4

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