Passing a variable to a cgi script

WindowBreaker · 04-03-2006, 06:04 PM

I'm using a cgi script from dspam for users to view their quarantine. In order for the script to know which user is connecting, it needs to set the REMOTE_USER variable within the perl script.

What I want to know is if I can pass the REMOTE_USER variable into the cgi script simply by having users click on a hyperlink with their usernames on it.

I'll generate the list of usernames (each is a hyperlink that I can customize) by pulling the actual users from a mysql database.

Thanks for your help.

ateam · 04-03-2006, 10:02 PM

Be sure to include:

Code:

use CGI qw(:standard);

Then, do use a parameter as a variable within your script, something like this is needed:

Code:

$name = param('name');

The value for the variable "name" would be passed in a url in this fashion:

http://www.mysite.com/cgi-bin/displayname.cgi?name=Tom

Good luck!