Should be as simple as: use CGI; $co = new CGI;
## Here I grab the info from the form field named "date" ## and assign it to the variable $data my $data = $co->param('date'); -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, December 29, 2004 2:14 PM To: beginners@perl.org Subject: CGI and variables? Whatīs the problem? Hi guys... Iīd like to ask you a question. Some of you might have encountered something like this... Iīm creating a web interface using CGI library so that the user enter a data in the textfield, i put these values into some variables and use them in the system... for example... I type the new date and the script executes the date command with that value typed in the textfield... but I just canīt get it done... If I give fixed value to the variable, it works fine... but in the same script of the CGI, it doesnīt... Please, help me! Thanks! -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://learn.perl.org/> <http://learn.perl.org/first-response> -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://learn.perl.org/> <http://learn.perl.org/first-response>