Saving Information

[seanbo]

i have some java scipt in a page that records some user information. i want to be able to store this somewhere. ideally, i want to save it in a text file somewhere within my website, but failiing that i could have it emailed to me.

the code in my page, at the moment, concatinates all the information i want to save into a single string. after that is the line...

alert(myInformation);

...this is the line i intend to replace with code that saves myInformation.

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[siberian]

Check here:

http://www.javascript-coder.com/javascript-form/javascript-email-form.phtml

With pure javascript you can only email. You'd have to install a custom script on a server and have your javascript submit the info that that script to get more specific interactions.

 

[seanbo]

i don't want to use mailto:. i need something automatic, that doesn't require the user to have an email program set up. i know i need serverside script - that's why i'm in the CGI forum. what is the script i need?

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[PaulTEG]

Look for a secure version of formmail on google
HTH
--Paul

 

[seanbo]

i've got a copy of formmail.pl - how do i use it? i assume it wants to go in my cgi bin - bit what code to i need in the actual page? is there a way of testing it before uploading it?

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[siberian]

I guess you didn't read the entire post

'You'd have to install a custom script on a server and have your javascript submit the info that that script to get more specific interactions.'

Go get a formmail script , adjust your javascript to submit the parameters properly and your in business.

No, you usually can not test before upload. Upload it ,test it, tweak it, reupload it and on and on.