OK - the form is just a single field, a textarea field.
I type in multiple lines, seperated by :: (for now)

Here is the code that is troublesome in the target script:

my $text = $query->param("text");
make_image($text);
exit(0);

##########################################################
# Make an image from the lines in the array
# 
sub make_image {
    my $text = shift;
    my @lines = split(/\n/,$text);
    my $counter = 80;
    foreach my $line (@lines) {
        $im->stringTTF($black, "/home/httpd/html/ribbon.ttf", 15, 0, 5
+0, 80,$line);
        if ($@) {
            $im->string(gdSmallFont, 50, 150, "$@", $black);
            die "Cannot print!$!\n";
        }
        $counter += 10;
    }


    binmode STDOUT;
    print $query->header(-type=>'image/png');
    print $im->png;
}

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This code has been altered a million times, so if you find some syntax error, it's probably something I haven't fixed from the last edit ;-)

Anyhow, if I hit http://localhost/myscript.pl?text=I+LOVE+MY+WIFE then it works. Going through a web form which then writes <img src="/myscript.pl?$text"> ($text being pulled by $text = $q->param("text") ) then it only prints the first letter, the I.

My goal here is to eventually make a script that people can type in their text, the thing makes a multi-line image from it with that nice ribbon font, and the result gets sent as a kind of greeting card/invitation (for weddings, child birth announcements, etc).

Any help would be appreciated.

What does this little button do . .<Click>; "USER HAS SIGNED OFF FOR THE DAY"

In reply to Re: Re: CGI parsing difficulty by tame1
in thread CGI parsing difficulty by tame1

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