Quite the open-ended question there, my dear. What you're looking for is a way to receive data through a web server, most likely Apache (the most commonly used web server, but any would do), and manipulate it and then send it out through the web server to the requesting/submitting web browser, right?
You probably are looking to use CGI - Common Gateway Interface - a common way to share web server data with a server-side script or program. Perl interfaces well with CGI, infact there is a rich heritage of Perl use on the Web for everything from simple CGI scripts to take data entered into a form a mail it to the form's owner (formmail.pl or formail.pl -- this kind of script is found at http://nms-cgi.sourceforge.net) to running Amazon.com (via a version of Perl loaded directly into Apache and much more efficient than CGI; this is called mod_perl -- the Apache module of Perl). See the NMS archive for a good beginning to writing simple web form scripting. Then see the rich repository of Perl modules available for everything from system-level programming to commercial application interfacing to Web development at CPAN.org. Links: http://nms-cgi.sourceforge.net http://search.cpan.org ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dawn Bradshaw" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, September 05, 2003 4:21 AM Subject: Perl on the web? > Hi! > > Does anyone have experience with making a perl script run on the web? > Specifically, I'm having trouble collecting the answers the users give > on the web page and incorporating them into the script. The script > itself runs fine on the web server. > Any suggestions, advice or help would be greatly appreciated! > > Dawn B. > > > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
