is there a way to write a form..
what is the best way to securly handle a form? Is there a free script that could parse the form fields, and then write them to a directory that would then be accessed by another CGI script?
help! All i need is to securely handle the contents of a form! thanks
alex
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Vorm posted this at 03:20 — 2nd November 2000.
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I don't think there's a CGI script that does that. You'd need SSL encryption.
exbabylon posted this at 01:00 — 3rd November 2000.
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... 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
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japhy posted this at 02:46 — 3rd November 2000.
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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/perluse 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.
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