10.6. Posted Data and %fdat
Posted data—that is, data posted to the server by the client browser (this data was obtained using the param() function in the CGI and mod_perl chapters)—is accessed by Embperl programs through the variable %fdat. Each form widget name is a key in %fdat, and the widget value is the value of that key.
Here’s a simple example. First, there’s a form to collect some data (/var/www/html/embperl/fdat1.html):
<html> <head> <title>Form to Demonstrate %fdat</title> </head> <body bgcolor="#ffffff"> <h1>A Form to Demonstrate %fdat</h1> <form action="/embperl/fdat2.html" method="post"> Name: <input type="text" name="name"> <br> Age: <input type="text" name="age"> <br> Phone: <input type="text" name="phone"> <br> <input type="submit"> ...
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