#!/usr/bin/perl
use CGI;

$query = new CGI;
print $query->header;
print $query->start_html(-title => "Guestbook Thing");
print $query->h1("Guestbook Thing");
&writeit($query);
&readit($query);
&printit($query);
print $query->end_html;

sub writeit{
    my($query)=@_;
    print $query->startform;
    print "Name:";
    my $name = $query->param('Name');
    my $comments = $query->param('Comments');
    print $query->textfield(-name =>'Name'), "<BR>";

    print "Message:<BR>", $query->textarea(-name => "Comments",-rows => "10",-columns => "50"),"<BR>\n";
    print $query->submit(-value => "Submit");
    print $query->reset(-value=>Reset);
    print $query->hr();
    print $query->endform;

    open(WRITE,">>guestbook.txt") || dienice("AHH $!");
        print WRITE "$name::$comments\n"; #wonders if he should use the join function here...
    close(WRITE) || dienice("AHH $!");
}

sub readit{
    open(WRITE,"guestbook.txt") || dienice("AHH $!");
    while (<WRITE>){
        @_ = @text;
    }
    close(WRITE);
    @done = split(/:/,@text);
}

sub printit{
    print $query->h2('Current Results');
    print $query->hr;
    print "Message By: $done[0]<BR>";
    print "&lt;Message&gt;: <Br><blockquote>$done[1]</blockquote>&lt;/Message&gt;";
}