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title: CGI
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---
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[CGI](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_Gateway_Interface)
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is a simple mechanism to generate dynamic content.
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In order to use CGI, call `mg_serve_http()` function and use
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`.cgi` file extension for the CGI files. To be more precise,
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all files that match `cgi_file_pattern` setting in the
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`struct mg_serve_http_opts` are treated as CGI.
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If `cgi_file_pattern` is NULL, `**.cgi$|**.php$` is used.
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If Mongoose recognises a file as CGI, it executes it, and sends the output
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back to the client. Therefore,
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CGI file must be executable. Mongoose honours the shebang line - see
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shebang_(Unix).
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For example, if both PHP and Perl CGIs are used, then
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``#!/path/to/php-cgi.exe` and ``#!/path/to/perl.exe` must be the first lines
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of the respective CGI scripts.
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It is possible to hardcode the path to the CGI interpreter for all
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CGI scripts and disregard the shebang line. To do that, set the
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`cgi_interpreter` setting in the `struct mg_serve_http_opts`.
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NOTE: PHP scripts must use `php-cgi.exe` as CGI interpreter, not `php.exe`.
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Example:
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```c
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opts.cgi_interpreter = "C:\\ruby\\ruby.exe";
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```
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