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Common Gateway Interface (CGI) is a method of data exchange between web servers and third party software.
Common Gateway Interface (CGI) is a method of data exchange between web servers and third party software.
CGI is not restricted to any specific programming language. Anything that supports standard input/output and reading of [[environment variables]] is suitable.


==Articles==
==Articles==
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* [https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc3875 RFC3875] - The Common Gateway Interface (CGI) Version 1.1
* [https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc3875 RFC3875] - The Common Gateway Interface (CGI) Version 1.1


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Latest revision as of 23:53, 18 January 2018

Common Gateway Interface (CGI) is a method of data exchange between web servers and third party software.

CGI is not restricted to any specific programming language. Anything that supports standard input/output and reading of environment variables is suitable.

Articles

Publications

  • Shishir Gundavaram: CGI Programming on the World Wide Web - O'Reilly 1996, ISBN 1-56592-168-2 [1]
  • Eugene Eric Kim: CGI Developer's Guide - Sams 1996, ISBN 1-57521-087-8
  • CGI Programming Unleashed - Sams 1996, ISBN 1-57521-151-3
  • Robert McDaniel: CGI Manual of Style - ZD Press, ISBN 1-56276-397-0
  • Gunther Birznieks, Scott Guelich, Shishir Gundavaram: CGI Programming with Perl - O'Reilly 2012, ISBN 1-56592-419-3

Links

  • RFC3875 - The Common Gateway Interface (CGI) Version 1.1