CGI::Request 2.0b1

CGI::Request is a parse client request via a CGI interface.

SYNOPSIS

use CGI::Request;

# Simple interface: (combines SendHeaders, new and import_names)

$req = GetRequest($pkg);

print FmtRequest(); # same as: print $req->as_string


# Full Interface:

$req = new CGI::Request; # fetch and parse request

$field_value = $req->param(FieldName);
@selected = $req->param(SelectMultiField);
@keywords = $req->keywords; # from ISINDEX

print $req->as_string; # format Form and CGI variables

# import form fields into a package as perl variables!
$req->import_names(R);
print "$R::FieldName";
print "@R::SelectMultiField";

@value = $req->param_or($fieldname, $default_return_value);

# Access to CGI interface (see CGI::Base)

$cgi_obj = $req->cgi;
$cgi_var = $req->cgi->var("REMOTE_ADDR");


# Other Functions:

CGI::Request::Interface($cgi); # specify alternative CGI

CGI::Request::Debug($level); # log to STDERR (see CGI::Base)


# Cgi-lib compatibility functions
# use CGI::Request qw(:DEFAULT :cgi-lib); to import them

&ReadParse(*input);
&MethGet;
&PrintHeader;
&PrintVariables(%input);

This module implements the CGI::Request object. This object represents a single query / request / submission from a WWW user. The CGI::Request class understands the concept of HTML forms and fields, specifically how to parse a CGI QUERY_STRING.