Has anyone run into a problem where CGI returns no variables? I'm doing user registration for my website, and I have (yet another) odd problem. One form works fine, but the other form returns no data.

If I use this simple script:

#!/usr/bin/perl
print "Content-type: text/html\n\n";
foreach my $scalar (<STDIN>)
{
       print "Data received is: " . $scalar . "\n\n";
}

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I get output like this:

-----------------------------18908589074631857321096704418
Content-Disposition: form-data; name="TestFormField"
 
435435
-----------------------------18908589074631857321096704418
Content-Disposition: form-data; name="Submit"
 
Continue
-----------------------------18908589074631857321096704418--

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However, if I use this script:

#!/usr/bin/perl
use CGI qw (-debug);
use CGI::Carp qw (fatalsToBrowser);
print "Content-type: text/html\n\n";
print "Dump is:\n";
my $CGIValues = new CGI;
$CGIValues->Dump();

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The dump returns no data whatsoever. My web server error logs and access logs report no anomalies. Where could I go look to find the answer to this (or at least some clues)?

Thanks,
Josh

In reply to CGI returns no data by SpritusMaximus

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