How to execute .pl script even if my browser trying to download it? - apache

Question

I've got simple script. I already test it in commandline. Everything is fine.
But my browser cannot execute it. It's always trying to download it. I've cheked all apache configuration file,but i can't find any troubles.
/etc/apache2/sites-available looks like this:
ScriptAlias /cgi-bin/ /var/www/president/cgi
<Directory "/cgi-bin/ /var/www/president/cgi">
AddHandler cgi-script cgi pl
AllowOverride None
Options +ExecCGI -MultiViews +SymLinksIfOwnerMatch
script is very simple
#!/usr/bin/perl -w
use CGI;
print "Content-type: text/html\n\n";
foreach (sort keys %ENV) {
print "<i>$_</i>: $ENV{$_}<br/>\n";
}

Answer 1

You should:
check the path to the perl
check the shebang, e.g. #!/path/perl
chmod 755 /var/www/president/cgi/myscriptname.pl, and
check your error_log! ;)
but probably the problem is
AddHandler cgi-script cgi pl
this should be
AddHandler cgi-script .cgi .pl
^ ^ dots here
You also has a wrong <directory... specs..
The section:
<Directory "/var/www/president/cgi">
AddHandler cgi-script .cgi .pl
And/or check the line such:
LoadModule cgi_module lib/apache2/modules/mod_cgi.so
Ps: Unrelated, but still a good advice, please read something about the Plack & PSGI. Could speed up your perl-web-app development many-many-many (really MANY) times. (you can live without such problems) :)