If the script doesn't take too long to execute and you do not need to process it's results then a wrapper script like this should be enough to get you up and running:

use strict;
use CGI;
use CGI;
my $q = new CGI;
@ARGV = ();
foreach ($q->param()) {
    $value = $q->param($_);
    $value =~ s/"/\\"/g;
    push @ARGV, "--" . $_ . '="' . $value . '"';
}

do 'path/to/the/script.pl';

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All it does is it moves the parameters from the querystring or post into the @ARGV array (array of script parameters) in the format required by the script and then executes the script without starting a new process.

As long as the script prints its results to STDOUT they should be sent to the client browser.

Jenda
Enoch was right!
Enjoy the last years of Rome.

In reply to Re: Calling a perl script and passing parameters from html by Jenda
in thread Calling a perl script and passing parameters from html by HannibalRex

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