templates - Why does my Perl CGI program show the program code, not the output? -

code - test.cgi

#!/usr/bin/perl   use strict;   use warnings;    use cgi::fasttemplate;  $tpl = new cgi::fasttemplate("/some/directory");   $tpl->no_strict();   $tpl->define(main    => "test.htm");   $tpl->assign(test_content=> "test");   $tpl->parse(content   => "main");   $tpl->print('content');   

template file

< html>   < head>   < title>test< /title>   < /head>    < body>   $test_content   < /body>   < /html> 

explain

why can't see desired output in browser? when navigate test.cgi file see actual code , not template. doing wrong?

you seeing code instead of output of program because haven't configured webserver execute program, defaulting serving file text/plain.

how configure depends on server software use. example, see apache 2.2 cgi docs.

second, shebang line missing. program should start with:

#!/usr/bin/perl 

where /usr/bin/perl path perl executable wish use.

additionally, , not contributing problem:

• you missing use strict; , use warnings;. there should boilerplate in perl program using catch many problems.
• your html document has no doctype, triggers quirks mode. suitable doctype should boilderplate in html document write.