Greetings!

I know to set a type=text form field parameter in CGI.pm you can do it like so: 

my $cgi = new CGI;
$cgi->param("my_var" => "hello there");

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But does anyone know how to go about setting a type=file?

In CGI.pm if I access a type=file param in scalar context I get a file name, but if I treat it as a file handle I get the contents of the file. For example: 


## Scalar context returns filename
my $filename = $cgi->param("upfile");

## Or... as a filehandle
while (<$filename>) {
  ## do something with contents
}

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I want to set those parameters (filename and contents) so they can be accessed in the same way later. Any ideas? Thanks!

In reply to Setting a type=file parameter in CGI.pm by Rodster001

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