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There are CGI environment variables to determine that. See the docs for your specific server for details.

Do not rely on any environment variable beginning with HTTP_, however.

-- Randal L. Schwartz, Perl hacker

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Re: Re: Secure or not secure, that question.
by fpi (Monk) on Mar 13, 2001 at 22:18 UTC
    merlyn, I'm just wondering what you mean about not relying on any environment variable beginning with HTTP_?
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      As the CGI docs will tell you, environment variables beginning with HTTP_ are the HTTP headers sent by the client in its request.

      So, if an HTTP request contains the header Field: Value, then a Perl CGI will see $ENV{'HTTP_FIELD'} as the string Value.

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        tomhukins, I still don't understand why relying on an HTTP_ environment variable would not be recommended. I am asking because I rely on them all the time. So they indicate they are coming from the client....isn't that what akm2 is looking for?

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