posting a form to multiple cgi's
Hi,
Is it possible to send a form to 2 different scripts when the submit button is pressed ??
If so what would be the right way to do this ??
Thanks
Tony
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Grandmaster posted this at 22:29 — 27th August 2001.
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try seperating the two cgis with a ";"
urltofirstcgi.com; urlto2nd.com
just a guess.
valkaryn posted this at 16:17 — 28th August 2001.
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The better way to handle is to post to a CGI that calls the other two programs and passes the information onto them. However, the gotcha would be that you would have to program that program to pass form fields in a manner that those two original programs would understand. Doable. But messy. As a programmer, I would just merge the programs unless they were written in differing languages. The my original recommendation stands.
Yuk! what a bunch of words! Did I write that?
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Toeng.com posted this at 15:05 — 4th September 2001.
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Yeah, even if they are in different language, you can always use system call, for instance use virtual(command) in php to call the other program.
d3niAL posted this at 01:39 — 5th September 2001.
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how would i go about redirecting a form to another URL once someone has clicked on the submit form button? i have a built in confirmation script in the html, so i atleast want to make some of the confirmation text into a link, but the normal html code hasnt let me do that :/
thanks
d3niAL
valkaryn posted this at 05:07 — 5th September 2001.
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You could make the generated thank you script have a refresh to another page after a certain time. You could pass the information onto the next page if you use a GET method query format (ie http://www.mydomain.com/myotherpage.cgi?this=that&a=b...)
If you are just using a formmail program, you'll have to pull up your bootstraps and crack a book or two, or three, and learn that scripting language you've been putting off for so long. or pay someone to do it.
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