I'm trying to pass an array, then fetch it using $cgi->param(). I can pass text and other scalars, but not arrays. Can someone please tell me what I'm doing wrong here, and how to fix it? 
#!/usr/local/bin/perl -w

use strict ;
use English ;
use Socket ;
use CGI qw/:all/ ;

my($rec) ;
my(@Record) ;
my($cgi) ;
my(%Hash) ;
my($String) ;
my($item) ;

$cgi = new CGI ;

#
# See if there were passed values from the input form
#
if ( $cgi->param('string') ) {$String = $cgi->param('string') ;};
if ( $cgi->param('array')  ) {@Record = $cgi->param('array')  ;};

# If string has a value, then do the following. If not,
# present the input form.
if ( $String ) {
   Header() ;
   print "The String is: $String<br>\n" ;

   print "The Array has in it:<br>\n" ;

   foreach ( @Record ) {
      print "File: $_->{file}\n" ;
      print "Item: $_->{item}\n" ;
   } ;

print "We're done.....\n" ;
closeHTML() ;

# This is the input form.......
} else {

# Load up the array with some stuff....
$rec->{'file'} = "/usr/local/bin/myfile" ;
$rec->{'item'} = "type: file" ;
push ( @Record, $rec ) ;

$rec->{'file'} = "/usr/local/bin/ourfile" ;
$rec->{'item'} = "type: file" ;
push ( @Record, $rec ) ;

Header();

   print "<FORM ACTION=\"/cgi-bin/test_ray.cgi\" METHOD=\"POST\" " ;
   print " enctype=\"multipart/form-data\" " ;
   print "<P><B>Enter a string in this box:</b>" ;
   print "<BR><INPUT TYPE=TEXT NAME=\"string\" ";
   print "VALUE=\"$String\" SIZE=15>\n" ;
   print hidden('array', @Record) ;
   print "<INPUT TYPE=SUBMIT VALUE=\"Submit Request\">  " ;
   print "<INPUT TYPE=RESET VALUE=\"Reset Form\"></form>\n" ;
closeHTML();
} ;

############### HTML Header ###################
sub Header {
print "content-type: text/html\n\n" ;
print "<html>\n" ;
print "<head>\n" ;
print "<title>Pass the array</title>\n" ;
print "</head>\n" ;
print "<h1>\n" ;
print "Array:\n" ;
print "</h1>\n" ;
print "<body bgcolor=white>\n" ;
print "<font color=black>\n" ;
} ;

################# close HTML ##################
sub closeHTML {
print "</font>\n" ;
print "</body>\n" ;
print "</html>";
} ;

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thanks, andy t.

In reply to passing/retrieving arrays by andy_t

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