in reply to Re: Re: Debugging Perl .cgi forms
in thread Debugging Perl .cgi forms

nysus, is sounds like you are over the big hurdles. This is the point where I just proceed incrementally, adding more material a bit at a time until something goes wrong.

If you get to a point where no amount of staring at the screen brings enlightenment, show us some code and output. We love looking at the real stuff.

But be sure you 'use strict;' and have '-w' in your hashbang line or you will get gently (?) scolded.  ;-)

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Re: Re: Re: Re: Debugging Perl .cgi forms
by nysus (Parson) on Apr 01, 2001 at 07:20 UTC
    Here it is by popular demand. I've only put in the code that I changed which broke the script. Look at the password setting to see my level of frustration. :) 
    #!/usr/bin/perl -w

use strict;
use CGI;
my $query = new CGI;
my $error_message = "";
my $pwd = "";

###############################################
#                          #
# Variable initiation                  #
#                          #
###############################################

my $form_submission_check = "Submit";                    # Set to the 
+name of an object on the form

###############################################
#                          #
# Script program logic                  #
#                          #
###############################################

if ($query->param('cancel')) {   
    &get_password;
} elsif ($query->param('change1')) {
           &change_password();
} elsif ($query->param('change2')) {
    &process_change_password();
} else {
        $pwd = $query->param('password');
        if ($pwd eq "suckmydick") {
        $pwd = 1;
                &form;
        } else {
        &get_password();
    }
}

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      One nagging question I have.

      Are you producing a Content-type line anywhere? (The header method of CGI does that...)

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