Be more specific

japhy — Fri, 03 Nov 2000 02:46:55 +0000

Do you just mean to ask "what's a good way to read the results of a CGI query?"

If so, I suggest the CGI.pm module, which comes with recent versions of Perl. It does all the hard stuff for you, and it does it correctly (which is a problem with many of the cut-and-paste methods you've probably seen).

Here's some sample code:

#!/usr/bin/perl
use CGI 'param';
print "Content-type: text/html\n\n";
print "Your favorite ice cream is ", param('ice_cream');

Assuming you call this CGI program from a form with a field named 'ice_cream', you'll get meaningful results.

i'm sorry.... i am running SSL...

exbabylon — Fri, 03 Nov 2000 01:00:36 +0000

... I'm running SSL, but how do i securly handle the information i get from a form on SSL? What is the best way. I know formmail.pl is not a good idea. So what is?

thanks

alex

Vorm — Thu, 02 Nov 2000 03:20:00 +0000

I don't think there's a CGI script that does that. You'd need SSL encryption.