Need Advice!!

[sphinx3212000]

My university web account does not allow me to upload cgi scripts and allows me very limited access to their cgi programs.

I have been working through the tutorial: HTML:A Complete Reference, and have been working off just my own computer learning html,css,forms, but have now ran into a bit of a problem with server-side scripting due to the problem above.

Is there a way to place a cgi script in a directory on your own hard drive and then, for example, include the C:\ pathname of where that script is as the value for the ACTION attribute in a form. Would this work?

I feel pretty strong with html and css so i guess im asking what you all think would be the best way to learn and practice with server-side scripting in my current situation.


Also, on a completely different subject, is there any unrestricted telnet access out there where you dont need a web account......im asking cause the tutorial wanted me to use a telnet program as a client to practice with 'GET requests' from a web server to see the html output that would normally be received by a web browser.

Thanks

[CyCo]

If you are using a windows platform, I can suggest you use the set-up I use to run, test and debug all my scripts.
Apache 2.0.44, Perl 5.8 and PHP 4.2.3
http://www.indigostar.com/indigoperl.htm

[simpson97]

Have you thought about playing with PHP & cCurl.
You could learn a lot about sockets etc, with them.
PHP looks a lot like PERL & will run almost everywhere.

Bob
simpson_97@yahoo.com

[Scriptage]

Alternatively you can install Perl on your computer and run it from a command line, however this will only show you the code that is sent to the browser (ie no graphics) but still functions as it would on a webserver (more or less). I quite often debug my programs offline like this before uploading.