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Good day all i am learning CGI using perl and i developed simple script that redirect a user based on form selection to a given website. the code follows below.

if($query->param('op') eq "ds")
{
    print $query->redirect($query->param('website'));
    
}else
{
    print"
    <html><head><title>Web redirection</title></head>
    <body>
    <form action=\"redirect.pl\" method=\"post\" >
    <fieldset>
    <legend>Kindly select a website to visit</legend>
    <strong>Select a website form the list:</strong>
    <select name=\"website\">
    <option value=\"www.sedocaonline.com\">Sedocaonline.com</option>
    <option value=\"http://www.yahoo.co.uk\">Yahoo.co.uk</option>
    <option value=\"http://www.play.com\">play.com</option>
    </select>
    <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"op\" value=\"ds\" >
    <input type=\"submit\" name=\"submit\" value=\"Browse the web\">
    </form>
    </body>
    </html>";
}
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The issue here is the code does not redirect the user to the selected website it gives this respond code on the browser.

Status: 302 Found Location: www.sedocaonline.com

Please i kindly need your assistance and comments thanks in advance.

In reply to CGI redirection by 5plit_func

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