I'm trying to build a CGI system of sorts that is pseudo portable. I have an install script, install.cgi, which the user runs and inputs the values for the main page template, help page template, etc. However, I'm wondering: how can I grab the actual code that my script would need to connect to their MySQL database?

If I browse the control panel on my website, I have stuff like this:

$dbh = DBI->connect("DBI:mysql:***_CTR:localhost","***_CTR","<PASSWORD
+ HERE>");
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But how would I go about getting that exact piece of code on another person's server?

Also, how would I connect to their database without having to have the user hard-input the exact name and information on it? (I am going to have the user input their database password though; can't do anything without that!)

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