Not sure exactly what you are looking for, but here's some Perl that grabs the form value and then tests it for unwanted characters and untaints in the same step. I have a bunch of validation methods depending on what I'm testing for.

Calling script:

($sql{'name'}, $error) = $self->val_text( 1, 64, $self->query->param('
+name') );
   if ( $error-> { msg } ) { push @error_list, { "name" => $error->{ m
+sg } }; }

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Validation script

sub val_alphanum {
   my $self = shift;
   my ($mand, $len, $value) = @_;
   if (!$value && $mand) {
      return (undef, { msg => 'cannot be blank' });
   } elsif ($len && (length($value) > $len) ) {
    return (undef, { msg => 'is limited to '.$len.' characters.' });  
   } elsif ($value && $value !~ /^(\w*)$/) {
      return (undef, { msg => 'can only use letters, numbers and _'  
   } else {
      my $tf = new HTML::TagFilter;
      return ($tf->filter($1));
   }
}

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I've put a lot of work in to figuring out this CGI stuff—you can see more complete examples at Using Perl, jQuery, and JSON for Web development and A Tutorial for CGI::Application.

—Brad
"The important work of moving the world forward does not wait to be done by perfect men." George Eliot

In reply to Re: CGI - hazardous characters by bradcathey
in thread CGI - hazardous characters by rpike

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