That *is* actual code. Do you mean code that doesn't use modules? Modules use actual code, too. Do you not have LWP? It comes with Perl.

I'm not going to write out an entire POST application w/o using modules... sorry. The basic idea is that you want to open up a socket (using socket) to the remote host, send the request headers, then send the content of the request. Then you read back the response. perlipc has some examples of using sockets to read from and write to tcp/ip servers. You'll also want to read the HTTP specification.

Personally, I think you'd be better off figuring out why LWP doesn't work for you than completely rewriting it. It's not that I'm against learning for learning's sake-- I agree with japhy's comment that you should know how a module works, and understand it, before you actually use it--but I don't think that you should actually *rewrite* a standard module.

If you can post specific problems about why "modules never work for you", I'd be happy to try and offer some suggestions.

In reply to Re: Passing POST parameters by btrott
in thread Passing POST parameters by Anonymous Monk

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