Forms and Form Data

Forms with Perl CGI

• The Perl CGI construct to start a form is as follows:
  

  # Indicate we are creating a form.
  # For this example, everything defaults.  We will flesh it out later.
  # print $query->startform({-method=>'post'});
  print $query->startform({-method=>'get'});
  

• Note that the examples shows both POST and GET methods. The only change to your Perl CGI script to switch between methods is to change the line shown. This is saving you gobs of work.
• The Perl CGI construct to end a form is as follows:
  

  print $query->endform();
  

• A sample trivial form content entry is shown below. We will be covering more form field types later.
  

  # Generate a text box for data entry
  # Render it regardless of if we have previously entered text or not.
  print $query->h1('Please enter some text');
  print $query->textfield({-name=>'TextfieldOne',
  			 -default=>'Enter your text here',
  			 -size=>50,
  			 -maxlength=>100});