CGI shell script (GET/POST?)

metalx1000 · 09-20-2006, 04:04 PM

Let's say I have the below script (we'll call it sample.cgi)

Code:

#!/bin/sh
# sample script
echo "Content-type: text/html"
echo ""

echo "hello <h1>$name</h1>"

I'm running apache server and the script itself runs fine (It prints the word hello).

But, how do I create a HTML code that will send the 'name' variable from a textbox?

thanks

theNbomr · 09-20-2006, 07:27 PM

You have to extract the value of the 'name' parameter from either $REQUEST_URI or from $QUERY_STRING, depending on whether it is a POST or GET request. Start by doing

Code:

echo "$REQUEST_URI<BR>"
echo "$QUERY_STRING<BR>"

to see what I mean.

--- rod.