CGIHello - A Irie Pascal sample CGI program

This is a CGI version of the classic hello world program.

Program Listing

	(********************************************************************************************
	** PROGRAM     : cgihello
	** VERSION     : 1.0.0
	** DESCRIPTION : CGI version of the hello sample program.
	** AUTHOR      : Stuart King
	** COPYRIGHT   : Copyright (c) Irie Tools, 2002. All Rights Reserved.
	** NOTES       :
	**    This sample program is distributed with Irie Pascal, and is an example of how to
	**      write CGI programs using Irie Pascal. To make best use of this program, you should have
	**      a basic understanding of Pascal as well as a basic understanding of the
	**      Common Gateway Interface (CGI).
	**********************************************************************************************)
	program hello(output);

	procedure WriteResponseHeader;
	begin
	writeln('content-type: text/html');
	writeln
	end;

	procedure WriteHTMLHeader;
	begin
	writeln('<HTML>');
	writeln('<HEAD>');
	writeln('<TITLE>IriePascal Hello World Program</TITLE>');
	writeln('</HEAD>');
	end;

	procedure WriteHTMLBody;
	begin
	writeln('<BODY>');
	writeln('<BIG> Hello world!!!</BIG>');
	writeln('</BODY>');
	end;

	procedure WriteHTMLFooter;
	begin
	writeln('</HTML>')
	end;

	begin
	WriteResponseHeader;
	WriteHTMLHeader;
	WriteHTMLBody;
	WriteHTMLFooter
	end.

This program is included with Irie Pascal (in the samples directory).

Program Description

The program works as follows:

  1. WriteResponseHeader

    WriteResponseHeader writes the HTTP response header:

    	content-type: text/html

    which tells the client (usually a web browser) that the content of the response is a html text file.

    Notice that the built-in procedure writeln is used to write the response header to the standard output stream, and on to the waiting web server.

    Notice also the second writeln, which is used to write a blank line after the response header. The blank line tells the web server that the response header is finished, and that what follows is the response file.

  2. WriteHTMLHeader

    WriteHTMLHeader writes the open html tag (marking the beginning of the html response file), and then writes a simple html header (containing just a title).

  3. WriteBody

    WriteBody writes an html body with just a "Hello world!!!" message.

  4. WriteHTMLFooter

    WriteHTMLFooter writes the close html tag (marking the beginning of the html response file).

  5. End of program

    When the program ends, the web server sends all of output to the client

Run the program

CGIHello has been compiled and installed on this server. Click hello.cgi.

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