Why CGI.pm ? What difference ? =)
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From: "Felix Geerinckx" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Sent: Friday, June 21, 2002 1:54 AM
Subject: Re: Would it be simpler ?
> on Thu, 20 Jun 2002 17:27:35 GMT, Connie Chan wrote:
>
> > Hi all, I am now making a bookshelf program with perl.
> > At this very beginning, I do wonder if the below script
> > can be simpler or not...
> >
> > [code snipped]
>
> Please don't do this: use CGI.pm instead:
>
> #! perl -w
> use strict;
>
> use CGI qw(:standard);
>
> my $user = param('user') || 'system';
> my $book = param('book') || 'index';
> my $page = param('page') || 0;
>
> # rest of program
>
>
> > In case, I am assuming user's query will be :
> > 1. http://whatever.tld/cgiDir/
> > 2. http://whatever.tld/cgiDir/?username
> > 3. http://whatever.tld/cgiDir/?username.bookname
> > 4. http://whatever.tld/cgiDir/?userName.bookName&p=pageNum <- PageNum
> > is an integer of cause
>
> You should stick to the standard (which CGHI.pm understands), not invent
> your own:
>
> http://whatever.tld/cgiDir/program_name?user=auser;book=abook;page=12
>
> where program_name is the name of your script.
>
> --
> felix
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