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Passing an Array as an Input to perl
Hi,
I need to pass an array as an input to an perl script something like this
sending file
<a href="testsum_pc.pl?path=$
receiving file
$path_command=$q->param('p
print "$path_command \n";
that works when i send a small string, I tried to send a big array with various special charcters. Only part of the arrray seems have to have passed rest of it got truncated
sending file
<a href="testsum_pc.pl?path=@
receiving file
@path_command=$q->param('p
print "@path_command \n";
when i do this only part of the input is transmitted.
Can i get some code on how to exactly pass an array with special charcters as input to another perl script.
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I need to pass an array as an input to an perl script something like this
sending file
<a href="testsum_pc.pl?path=$
receiving file
$path_command=$q->param('p
print "$path_command \n";
that works when i send a small string, I tried to send a big array with various special charcters. Only part of the arrray seems have to have passed rest of it got truncated
sending file
<a href="testsum_pc.pl?path=@
receiving file
@path_command=$q->param('p
print "@path_command \n";
when i do this only part of the input is transmitted.
Can i get some code on how to exactly pass an array with special charcters as input to another perl script.
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I dont really care for the result to be an array all I want to do is to display the value. I want to be able to send an array as an input to another perl script and I want to display the sent value.
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ASKER
Let me rephrase my question all I want to do is to send the value in @command to another perl script so I can print it on the webpage. The @command array has a lot of "specialCharcters"
Please include code.
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Please include code.
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What I put in above will work for what you said.
ASKER
I tried it and all i get is the first word in the array the second word happens which is does not work -abcd
This is the code i Used
<FORM METHOD="post" ACTION="testsum_pc.pl" target="pathcommand">
<INPUT NAME="command"> <P>
<INPUT TYPE="HIDDEN" NAME="COMMAND" VALUE=@command>
<INPUT TYPE="submit" VALUE="Command"> <P>
</FORM>
@command = $q->param('COMMAND');
print "@command \n";
When i just ran the script from the command line, the VALUE field had all the contents of @command, am i doing something wrong.
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This is the code i Used
<FORM METHOD="post" ACTION="testsum_pc.pl" target="pathcommand">
<INPUT NAME="command"> <P>
<INPUT TYPE="HIDDEN" NAME="COMMAND" VALUE=@command>
<INPUT TYPE="submit" VALUE="Command"> <P>
</FORM>
@command = $q->param('COMMAND');
print "@command \n";
When i just ran the script from the command line, the VALUE field had all the contents of @command, am i doing something wrong.
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If I was you I'd create the hidden input by using the interface provided in CGI.pm as I described above (almost copy and paste the code). That's the way the documentation says to do it! :-)
ASKER
Here is the What my final form looked like
page1
<FORM METHOD="post" ACTION="testsum_pc.pl" target="pathcommand">
<INPUT TYPE="HIDDEN" NAME="COMMAND" VALUE=/'@command'>
<INPUT TYPE="submit" VALUE="Command"> <P>
</FORM>
page2
@command = $q->param('COMMAND');
print "@command \n";
I was missing the ' ' on the command
page1
<FORM METHOD="post" ACTION="testsum_pc.pl" target="pathcommand">
<INPUT TYPE="HIDDEN" NAME="COMMAND" VALUE=/'@command'>
<INPUT TYPE="submit" VALUE="Command"> <P>
</FORM>
page2
@command = $q->param('COMMAND');
print "@command \n";
I was missing the ' ' on the command
Are you encoding the "special" characters in the path?