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Re^2: parse $ENV{'QUERY_STRING'}
by Anonymous Monk on Jun 30, 2017 at 13:18 UTC
    to continue:

    'a.cgi' would parse the query_string and update a database with the parsed values. Is it possible to process this locally (eg run a.cgi locally instead of on a remote web server)?

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      If you are using CGI consider using the param method:

      my $q = CGI->new;
my $name = $q->param('name');
warn $name;

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      You can run this from the command line by passing parameters ./cgi.pl name=Derp.

      However if you want to run this without a web server do you really need to use CGI at all? Perhaps if you write a short explanation of what you're trying to achieve people can provide better advice. If you do need to write something for the web, consider using Mojoliciouis::Lite rather than CGI.

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        I'm sorry that I am not getting my problem stated in a understandable way.
        I have data filled out from a html page...the data is available in the 'get' query string. If I could get access to that string locally I would not have to have a web server parse the string and update a database. I'm trying to eliminate the web server.

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