Anyone know Perl

Hi anyone know what causes this to happen when i click on it i see double headers

http://www.bidup.org/cgi-bin/feedback.pl?usernum=<!USERNUMBER-->&username=prowler

its from my forum post

I asked the owner from who i bought the script and he said pi** off and said it was not is problem

Cheers

 

Well first of, tell the script owner to go fu*k himself .

http://www.bidup.org/cgi-bin/feedback.pl does the same as http://www.bidup.org/cgi-bin/feedback.pl?usernum=<!USERNUMBER-->&username=prowler so I am guessing its something to do with a var is called twice, could we see some of the code?

 

Hi soap i did i left loads of question for him on is forum saying i am having trouble with the script and it as some bugs he sent me a email saying you get what you see. And then he disabled me from is forum so i can not post

So at the moment i am fixing them myself best i can

This is the code i think is causing the problem

thread.pl

<td><font face="Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,Sans-serif" size=2><b><a href='feedback.pl?usernum=$user2&username=$postuser'>$postuser</a></b></font></td>

And this from thread.txt

<td><font face="Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,Sans-serif" size=2><b><a href="feedback.pl?usernum=<!USERNUMBER-->&username=<!-USER-->"><!-USER--></a></b></font></td>

 

Whats the forum url?

 

Hi its

http://www.bidflux.com/forums/

I have left loads of forum messages but he seems he does not reply i think he takes your money and then bullsh*ts you and then runs

 

It's the perl code (i.e. the source of feedback.pl) that needs to be looked at, rather than the html it produces.

Most likely the bit that produces the header is being called twice, maybe 2 calls to &header; or some similar name. If you do see where it's being called twice, you can comment out one by putting a # in front of it.

 

Seems like there is a few bugs with the script, I like the way they say please let me know any bugs and I will do my best to fix them, I cant fix bugs I dont know about,

 

Cheers for that input "morewords" i will have a look at the code

 

I know it makes me mad that he says that but if you see is forum its full of messages about bugs

 

Seems as that software has too many bugs for being a final release and being out of beta. I'm not too familiar with perl, but I see this sort of stuff often with development. Too often I see coders not think out of the box and just because it works on their server with no problem, they think it should work everywhere. Nevermind the fact that no not everyone's server config is going to be exactly the same. Too make matters worse, he's one of the ones who doesn't seem to own up to the fact his software has flaws and is reluctant to fix them. Telling you to piss off isn't very professional of him either.

 

I have heard rumors thats its not even is software he as stolen the code from someone at elance.com and he as been to court and was told to take is site down.

So i feel like i have been robbed by nearly $400

 

If that's true, it would explain why it doesn't get fixed.

 

My question is this if i fix the script and sort out all the bugs am i allowed to release it again under the GPL

 

No. You cannot take commercial code and put it in the public domain. I haven't read your license agreement, but I can guarantee you there is something in there that prevents it.

Having said that, there are a lot of companies out there taking GPL code and selling it as private label applications - which is a violation of the GPL.

 

Not to take over this thread, but if you take a GPL program, let's say a webserver, and build some stupid stuff on it (let's say an online shop), you can sell the 'package' in a commercial way, as long as you mention that the webserver part is released under GPL. at least that's how I understand it

but to get back at the topic: If you pay some guy 400$, his program does not do for you what he promisses, you should get your money back. Write him a letter saying you will go to lawyers etc. if he does not give you a full refund. should scare him off, and get you your money back. if not, get a lawyer that will write you this letter for 200$

 

In regards to the title does anyone know perl, it's funny because I used to know it, but when I stopped using it after about 3 years I totally forgot it. Perl is a wonderful language though, it's the best to use I think.

 

If you want an auction script that's perl based, cheap, and good support try:

http://www.auction-script.com/

It's $69 and I have used it before...it's pretty good. Support is great too. The owner is professional and rather nice and the members help out too.