tail -f /usr/local/apache/logs/error.log
To make sure the HTML form is sending the corrrect information, run:
printquery.py or printparams.py
Or, start your script with:
import cgi, sys
cgi.test()
sys.exit()
Or, start your script with:
print 'Content-type: text/plain'
print
sys.stderr = sys.stdout
Once the script is running, use cgi module functions:
print_environ() prints the shell environment variables in HTML
print_form(form) printe the contents of the form in HTML
where form is the FieldStorage you read from the input
print_directory() prints the current directory in HTML
checking you are at the eight directory and the right files are present
Use hidden fields:
input type="hidden" name=string value=string
When the CGI program sends a cookie to the browser,
it will include in the MIME header:
Sending a cookie back to the client:
print 'Set-cookie: name=value; options'
path=directories - cookie sent when returning to host
and the path begins with directories
domain=domainName - cookie sent to hosts on the domain
domain=.python.stardevsoft.com - sent to x.python.stardevsoft.com
but not php.stardevsoft.com
expire=weekday, dd-mm-yy hh:mm:ss GMT
expire=Tuesday, 30-Aug-2005 09:00:00 GMT
to create time:
import time
rightnow=time.time()
later=time.gmtime(rightnow+168*60*60)
date=time.strftime('%A, %d-%b-%Y %H:%M:%S GMT', later)
When the browser sends the cookie back to the server,
it will include in the MIME header:
Cookie: name=value ; name=value ; ...
Note that value may not have spaces, tabs, or semicolons
urllib contains functions to encode and decode URL-encoded strings.