Re: Form Data

by "Rossi Designs" <webmaster(at)rossidesigns.net>

 Date:  Thu, 20 Apr 2000 09:24:47 -0400
 To:  "Cyanide _7" <leo7278(at)hotmail.com>,
<hwg-languages(at)hwg.org>
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I think I've seen this in PHP. You can simulate a post request using http
headers. Look on

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----- Original Message -----
From: Cyanide _7 <leo7278(at)hotmail.com>
To: <hwg-languages(at)hwg.org>
Sent: Wednesday, April 19, 2000 9:32 PM
Subject: Re: Form Data


| i've been pondering this question for quite some time as well. i think its
| being miss interpreted.
|
| >If you want data from perl to perl or other cgi programs then they can
| >go via the http...like
| >http://www.yourdomain.com?$var1=value
|
| this is an example of sending GET data to another script, but what about
| POST where you dont want the data visible? is there some way in perl (as
| doug inquired) or asp in my case to append POST data with a redirect of
| sorts. basically without having to build and submit a form, which seems to
| be the only way. - Cyanide_7
|
| >hope this helps,
| >ramon.
| >
| >"Doran L. Barton" wrote:
| > >
| > > Not long ago, Franklin, Douglass proclaimed...
| > > > Is a "submit button" required to send POST data to the server?  Or,
| >can a
| > > > Perl program send hidden data directly...
| > >
| > > Perl programs run on the server. In order to get data in your HTML
form
| >to
| > > the server you have to "submit" it. So the answer to your question (if
I
| > > understand it correctly) is "no."I
| > > --
| > > Doran L. Barton = fozz(at)xmission.com && http://www.xmission.com/~fozz/
| > > ** Dynamic web developer, Perl hacker.  Using the Internet since 1990.
| >**
| > >  "That year, 2000, will be the biggest hole in the status quo since
1977
| >and
| > >   1989." -- Bruce Sterling, Oct 1998, SF, CA (I was there when he said
| >it!)
|
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