If this form's data is to be used only on the next page, and not in the future, then CGI.pm is all you will probably need.

If, however, you intend this data to be used for more than just one post to a page, you will need to look into a method of saving the data to a file or database, and then reading it back.

CGI.pm will do the saving to a FILEHANDLE for you, but designing a good text or relational database would probably be a better way to go.

For TEXT database use, from what I have seen here, Text::CSV and Text::xSV seem to be the modules of choice.

For RELATIONAL database use, DBI.pm is what I use with a MySQL database on Linux.

So, those modules, combined with what you find here on PerlMonks will get you there. Good Luck!

In reply to Re: Form to let web user input their own data to another page by Daddio
in thread Form to let web user input their own data to another page by mrsym2

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