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Re: Re: Re: text file w/o CGI
by Hero Zzyzzx (Curate) on Apr 05, 2001 at 05:29 UTC

    If you can't run scripts/programs on your server (in other words, use CGI), there's no way perl can do what you want on that server. Maybe you should just use "mailto:" HTML tags, though those are less than ideal.

    Asking how to use perl for web scripting without having CGI access is impossible by definition. You have to be able to run scripts on a web server to use perl for CGI.

    Good luck! If you have CGI (and perl) access somewhere else, you could set the script up there and have your HTML forms on your non-CGI server point to it.

Re: Re: Re: text file w/o CGI
by dws (Chancellor) on Apr 05, 2001 at 05:19 UTC
    You need something on the web server side to point the form action at. Usually, that would be a CGI (which need not be in Perl). If you can't use CGIs, you're hosed.

Re: Re: Re: text file w/o CGI
by KM (Priest) on Apr 05, 2001 at 05:19 UTC
    s!PERL!Perl!

    How would use expect the Perl to know what was submitted to the form?

    Cheers,
    KM