Read and Write the file in cgi perl script using xampp apache server? [duplicate]

Question

Am going read and write the xml file. i upload the xml file using below html code. if i put the xml file in cgi-bin folder it will execute and display

 #!"C:\xampp\perl\bin\perl.exe"
     use strict;
use warnings;
use CGI;

my $cgi = new CGI;
print $cgi->header( "text/html" );

print <<END_HERE;
<html>
  <head>
    <title>My First CGI Script</title>
  </head>
  <body bgcolor="#FFFFCC">
    <p>Welcome to Perl CGI</p>

    <form action="/cgi-bin/inputxml.cgi" method="post"
    enctype="multipart/form-data">
    <p>Files to Upload: <input type="file" name="xml" /></p>
    <p><input type="submit" name="Submit" value="Submit Form" /></p>
    </form>
  </body>
</html>
END_HERE

But if i put the xml file in any other folder or drive (except cgi-bin folder) it shows Can't open data at C:/xampp/cgi-bin/inputxml.cgi

#!"C:\xampp\perl\bin\perl.exe"
            use strict;
            use CGI;
            use Cwd 'abs_path';
            use CGI::Carp qw(warningsToBrowser fatalsToBrowser);
            use File::Basename;
            $CGI::POST_MAX;
            my $safe_filename_characters = "a-zA-Z0-9_.-";
            my $cgi = new CGI;
            print $cgi->header ( );
            my $file = $cgi->param('xml');
            my $lines;
            open(DATA,"<$file") or die "Can't open data $!";
            $lines = <DATA>;
            close(DATA);
            print $lines;    
            print abs_path($file);
            open(OUT, '>dirname($file)."\\out_".basename($file)');
            print OUT $lines;
            close(OUT);   
        print <<END_HERE;

<html>
    <head>
    <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" />
    <title>Thanks!</title>
    <style type="text/css">
    img {border: none;}
    </style>
    </head>
    <body>
    <p>Thanks for uploading your file!</p>
    </body>
</html>
END_HERE

print "Welcome Come Again";

i want to execute the xml file in any folder or drive without the cgi-bin folder please any one help, thanks in advance.

Dave Cross was kind enough to give you a lot of pointers in your earlier question regarding this script: How to upload and open a file in xampp apache server using CGI Perl Script? It would be wise to address all the things he pointed out before asking a subsequent question. — Miller
– Miller, Commented Aug 20, 2014 at 7:56

Community · Accepted Answer · 2017-05-23 12:20:52Z

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Let's try again.

This program runs on your web server. The path that you get from $cgi->param('xml') is the path on the client. It is extremely unlikely that the client path will exist on server - as your error message shows.

If you want to get the location of the uploaded file, you can use $cgi->tmpFileName($filename).

If you want a filehandle that is already open on the uploaded file, you can use $cgi->upload('xml').

If you want the name of the file that was uploaded then you can use $cgi->param('xml') - but you'll need to remove the directory path from the start of that value as it is useless to you on the server.

I explained all of this in answer to your previous question. But for some reason you seem to have ignored my previous answer. I'd be interested to hear why.

edited May 23, 2017 at 12:20

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answered Aug 20, 2014 at 12:41

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2 Comments

depsai Over a year ago

Its working nice @Dave. I want the directory path of xml file. Because i want to write the output xml to the same location where am getting that xml file.I use this open $local_out_fh, '>', "$local_fn" or die $!; but the file is writing in cgi-bin folder only.

Dave Cross Over a year ago

If you have an additional question, then it's probably best to start a new discussion.

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