You can create CGI in Perl by "Content-type:" statement;
eg :-
print "Content-type: text/html \ n\ n";
print "< TITLE> TEST PROGRAM FOR CGI \ n"; How
to extract Form variables in a perl CGI program ?
There are many perl library file that can be used.
eg :- "cgi-lib.pl" or some other ones you could get.
A CGI example :
require "cgi-lib.pl";
&ReadParse;
name=$in{\'namebox\'};phone=in${\'phone\'};
print "Content-type: text/html \n\n";
print "< H3>Thanks $name; we may contact you at $phone < /H3>\n";
*Note here the HTML Form\'s textbox (namebox and phone) values are extracted
into variables using the perl library funcions. The Enironment variable
contains the HTML Form\'s submited data which are passed as a single line of
text to the CGI program.
How to show Pre-Formated data in a browser from a CGI ?
You can use "< pre>" and "< /pre>" tags.
eg :-
print "Content-type: text/html \n\n";
@files=`ls -l`;
print "< pre> \n";
print "@files \n";
print "< /pre> \n";
*Note: The file name must have ".cgi" extension.
