how can i take value in TextBox and pass to a URL?

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Re: how can i take value in TextBox and pass to a URL? by marto (Cardinal) on Dec 10, 2009 at 09:47 UTC
I think you should take a look at Ovids CGI Course, and then perhaps take a look at CGI Programming from the tutorials section. Martin	[reply]
Re: how can i take value in TextBox and pass to a URL? by Anonymous Monk on Dec 10, 2009 at 08:45 UTC
CGI or CGI::Simple	[reply]
Re: how can i take value in TextBox and pass to a URL? by Anonymous Monk on Dec 10, 2009 at 14:22 UTC
Javascript seems to be the answer. Frankly I cannot see how perl or cgi will help here...	[reply]
Re: how can i take value in TextBox and pass to a URL? by scorpio17 (Canon) on Dec 10, 2009 at 14:51 UTC
Something like this, maybe? `<html> <body> <form method="get" action="http://site.com/index.php"> <input type="text" name=""><br> <input type="hidden" name="more" value="whatever"> <input type="submit" value="Button-A"> </form> <br> <form method="get" action="http://site2.com/page.php"> <input type="hidden" name="" value="hello"> <input type="hidden" name="more" value="whatever"> <input type="submit" value="Button-B"> </form> </body> </html>` [download] Note that using name="" is considered bad form, but if you change it to something like name="mytext" the URL you request will change to: "http://site.com/index.php?mytext=heybuddy?more=whatever"	[reply] [d/l]
Re^2: how can i take value in TextBox and pass to a URL? by blackcode (Novice) on Dec 10, 2009 at 21:09 UTC
Hi <form method="get" action="http://site.com/index.php"> <input type="text" name=""> <input type="hidden" name="more" value="whatever"> <input type="submit" value="Button-A"> ^ this part works fine, But the second form cannot take values from the textbox of the first form is the problem :(	[reply]
Re^3: how can i take value in TextBox and pass to a URL? by scorpio17 (Canon) on Dec 11, 2009 at 14:58 UTC
You want the value in the text box transmitted when EITHER button is clicked, not just the first? I guess I misunderstood the problem. Here's another trick you can use: just have one form, but use two submit buttons: `<input type="submit" name="submit" value="ButtonA"><br> <input type="submit" name="submit" value="ButtonB"><br>` [download] Then your CGI script can check the value of the submit button, and branch accordingly. In your case, I suppose you'd simply do a redirect to the URL you want.	[reply] [d/l]
Re^4: how can i take value in TextBox and pass to a URL? by blackcode (Novice) on Dec 11, 2009 at 19:22 UTC
Re^4: how can i take value in TextBox and pass to a URL? by blackcode (Novice) on Dec 15, 2009 at 07:54 UTC
Re^3: how can i take value in TextBox and pass to a URL? by blackcode (Novice) on Dec 10, 2009 at 21:11 UTC
And, yes, I currently am using Javascript for this purpose. But the reason i am reluctant to go ahead with Java is since Java is depends on if its installed or not. That's why i thought using PERL/CGI may solve the problem. Regards John	[reply]
Re^4: how can i take value in TextBox and pass to a URL? by gmargo (Hermit) on Dec 10, 2009 at 21:38 UTC