In order to run cgi scripts created with php, perl, and others, you will first have to be sure your CGI account is activated. Please see How To Request A CGI Account if you have not set up your CGI account yet.

Be sure your have configured your scripts properly. Please see Setting Up CGI Scripts and Paths for more information.

Log into your CGI server using an FTP program and upload your files. Note that this server is not the same as your normal web ftp server. Your CGI server is cgi.yourdomain.com where yourdomain.com represents your actual domain name. Next, be sure that you have set the correct permissions for your files to run:

• 755 for files that will be written to or changed such as configuration or data files.
• 666 for files that will not be executed. Examples would be image and data files required by the script.

Now you can test your new script installation by pointing your browser to http://cgi.yourdomain.com/yourfile.php or http://cgi.yourdomain.com/yourfile.cgi where yourdomain.com represents your actual domain name and yourfile.php or yourfile.cgi represents the actual script you want to run. Substitute the appropriate domain and filenames.

If you should get errors, be sure that you have your scripts configured correctly and that all paths referenced in the scripts are correct. There are, however, some things you simply cannot do from the script even though the scripting language supports it. Active Web Hosting has security features built in which can prevent a script from running if it tries to access anything that is not allowed to be accessed on the server. If you run into this situation, please either try a different method or try another script.