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Newbie123456

Newbie123456

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May 15, 2006
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i have a problem with my script. its not parsing the form:

Code: 
#!/usr/bin/perl -w

print "Content-type: text/html\n\n";

use CGI qw/:standard/;

# SUBROUTINES!

$action = param('action');

if ($action eq "") {
&intro;
}
if ($action eq "send") {
&send;
}

# PARSE FORM!

if ($ENV{'REQUEST_METHOD'} eq 'POST') {
  read(STDIN, $buffer, $ENV{'CONTENT_LENGTH'});
} else {
  $buffer = $ENV{'QUERY_STRING'};
}
@pairs = split(/&/, $buffer);
foreach $pair (@pairs) {
  ($name, $value) = split(/=/, $pair);
  $name =~ tr/+/ /;
  $name =~ s/%([a-fA-F0-9][a-fA-F0-9])/pack("C", hex($1))/eg;
  $value =~ tr/+/ /;
  $value =~ s/%([a-fA-F0-9][a-fA-F0-9])/pack("C", hex($1))/eg;
  $in{'$name'} = $value;
}

sub intro {

print<<THIS;

[b]NOT SHOWN[/b]

THIS

}

sub send {

[b]NOT SHOWN[/b]

}

sub MessageError {

$ErrorMessage = shift;

print<<THIS;

[b]NOT SHOWN[/b]

THIS

exit;

}

1;

please tell me whats wrong and how to fix it. thanks.
 
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If you're gonna use CGI.pm, then you don't need the second form parse. Here's your new code:

#!/usr/bin/perl -w

use CGI; #loads cgi.pm.
use CGI qw:)all);

print header;

# SUBROUTINES!

$action = param('action');

if ($action eq &quot;&quot;) {
&intro;
}
if ($action eq &quot;send&quot;) {
&send;
}


sub intro {

print<<THIS;

NOT SHOWN

THIS

}

sub send {
$input = param('form_field_name');
print &quot;Here's the input: $input<br>&quot;;
}

sub MessageError {

$ErrorMessage = shift;

print<<THIS;

NOT SHOWN

THIS

exit;

}

Hope this helps. There is no Knowledge that is not power.
Age: 16
E-mail: projectnet01@yahoo.com
School: Coral Springs High (Company:(not done yet) :)
Status: Currently working with C++ for game developing. And making a musical band.
-Aaron
 
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i did it and i get the same errors here i'll show more of my code:

Code: 
#!/usr/bin/perl -w

use CGI; #loads cgi.pm.
use CGI qw(:all); 

print header;

######################################################################
# EDIT THESE VARIABLES BELOW!
######################################################################

$IP = $ENV{'REMOTE_ADDR'}; # The person's IP address when they use the script.
$UsePassword = &quot;1&quot;; # 1 = yes, 0 = no
$Password = &quot;admin&quot;; # Your administrator password
$Sendmail = &quot;/usr/sbin/sendmail&quot;; # Your web servers sendmail location

######################################################################
# DON'T EDIT ANYTHING BELOW UNLESS YOU KNOW WHAT YOU'RE DOING
######################################################################

# SUBROUTINES!

$action = param('action');

if ($action eq &quot;&quot;) {
&intro;
}
if ($action eq &quot;send&quot;) {
&send;
}

sub intro {

print<<THIS;

[b]NOT SHOWN[/b]

THIS

}

sub send {

$input1 = param('To');
$input8 = param('Password');

# VALIDATE FORMS!

if ($input1 =~ /[a-zA-Z0-9]/) {
&MessageError(&quot;&quot;);
}

[b]NOT SHOWN[/b]

# CHECK IF PASSWORD IS USED/ENTERED CORRECTLY, ET CETERA!

if ($UsePassword eq &quot;1&quot;) {
if ($input8 ne &quot;$Password&quot;) {
&MessageError(&quot;Invalid password!&quot;);
}
}

[b]NOT SHOWN[/b]

}

sub MessageError {

$ErrorMessage = shift;

print<<THIS;

[b]NOT SHOWN[/b]

THIS

exit;

}

1;

its still not parsing forms
 
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Maybe it's the HTML. Maybe your HTML <form action=&quot;script.cgi&quot; method=&quot;POST&quot;> is not on the top. Also, take off that '1' from the bottom. The reason the code didn't parsed last time is because you didn't print anything. Here's how I write the same script:


#!/usr/bin/perl -w

use CGI; #loads cgi.pm.
use CGI qw:)all);

print header;

#edit

$IP = $ENV{'REMOTE_ADDR'}; # The person's IP.
$UsePassword = &quot;1&quot;; # 1 = yes, 0 = no
$Password = &quot;admin&quot;; # Your administrator password
$Sendmail = &quot;/usr/sbin/sendmail&quot;; # Your web servers sendmail location

#You've finished defining the variables. If you want to,
# you can continue screwing with the script, but it isn't #necessary.

# SUBROUTINES!

$action = param('action');

if ($action eq &quot;&quot;) {
&intro;
}
if ($action eq &quot;send&quot;) {
&send;
}

sub intro {

print<<THIS;

NOT SHOWN

THIS

}

sub send {

$input1 = param('To');
$input8 = param('Password');

# VALIDATE FORMS!

if ($input8 =~ /[a-zA-Z0-9]/) {
print &quot;Input: $input8<br>&quot;; #don't call the error message if it doesn't need. But you can also use that for the header.
}


# CHECK IF PASSWORD IS USED/ENTERED CORRECTLY, ET CETERA!

if ($UsePassword eq &quot;1&quot;) {
if ($input8 ne &quot;$Password&quot;) {
&MessageError(&quot;Invalid password!&quot;);
}else{
print &quot;Password is correct.&quot;;
}

}
} #this one is the closing of 'send' subroutine.

sub MessageError {

$ErrorMessage = @_;

print<<THIS;

NOT SHOWN

THIS

exit;

}

There is no Knowledge that is not power.
Age: 16
E-mail: projectnet01@yahoo.com
School: Coral Springs High (Company:(not done yet) :)
Status: Currently working with C++ for game developing. And making a musical band.
-Aaron
 
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heres what the form tags are:

<FORM NAME=&quot;script&quot; ACTION=&quot;script.cgi&quot; METHOD=&quot;POST&quot;>
<INPUT TYPE=&quot;HIDDEN&quot; NAME=&quot;action&quot; VALUE=&quot;send&quot;>
 
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Put the tag <FORM NAME=&quot;script&quot; ACTION=&quot;script.cgi&quot; METHOD=&quot;POST&quot;> top of all the HTML fields and try. An example:

Code: 
<form action=&quot;boards.cgi&quot; method=&quot;GET&quot;>

    <input type=&quot;hidden&quot; name=&quot;bid&quot; value=&quot;$pbid&quot;><input
    type=&quot;hidden&quot; name=&quot;mode&quot; value=&quot;post_msg&quot;><input
    type=&quot;hidden&quot; name=&quot;pass&quot; value=&quot;$epass&quot;><input
    type=&quot;hidden&quot; name=&quot;user&quot; value=&quot;$userid&quot;><blockquote>
        <blockquote>
            <blockquote>
                <blockquote>
                    <blockquote>
                        <p align=&quot;left&quot;> </p>
                    </blockquote>
                </blockquote>
            </blockquote>
        </blockquote>
    </blockquote>
    <p align=&quot;left&quot;><font size=&quot;2&quot; face=&quot;Arial&quot;><u>Start a New
    Topic</u></font></p>
    <p align=&quot;left&quot;><font size=&quot;2&quot; face=&quot;Arial&quot;>Subject <br>
    </font><input type=&quot;text&quot; size=&quot;31&quot; name=&quot;subject&quot;
    value=&quot;&quot;></p>
    <p align=&quot;left&quot;><font size=&quot;2&quot; face=&quot;Arial&quot;>Body<br>
    </font><textarea name=&quot;body&quot; rows=&quot;6&quot; cols=&quot;31&quot;></textarea></p>
    <blockquote>
        <blockquote>
            <blockquote>
                <p align=&quot;left&quot;><input type=&quot;submit&quot; value=&quot;Post&quot;></p>
            </blockquote>
        </blockquote>
    </blockquote>
</form>
There is no Knowledge that is not power.
Age: 16
E-mail: projectnet01@yahoo.com
School: Coral Springs High (Company:(not done yet) :)
Status: Currently working with C++ for game developing. And making a musical band.
-Aaron
 
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thats how i did it:

Code: 
<FORM NAME=&quot;script&quot; ACTION=&quot;script.cgi&quot; METHOD=&quot;POST&quot;>
<INPUT TYPE=&quot;HIDDEN&quot; NAME=&quot;action&quot; VALUE=&quot;send&quot;>

[i]TABLE WITH FORM FIELDS[/i]

</form>

and it still does the same thing
 
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The code seems fine to me. No idea what's causing the error. There is no Knowledge that is not power.
Age: 16
E-mail: projectnet01@yahoo.com
School: Coral Springs High (Company:(not done yet) :)
Status: Currently working with C++ for game developing. And making a musical band.
-Aaron
 
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well, i was wondering if i could email you the script so you could see the entire code or, do you want to talk on yahoo messenger or somthing ?
 
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You may email the code to projectnet01@yahoo.com There is no Knowledge that is not power.
Age: 16
E-mail: projectnet01@yahoo.com
School: Coral Springs High (Company:(not done yet) :)
Status: Currently working with C++ for game developing. And making a musical band.
-Aaron
 
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