On Tue, 11 Mar 2003, jphipps wrote:
> I am having problems retreiving some of the environment variables using cgi.pm
> here is the code that I am trying to use, what the heck is wrong
>
> Code
> declartions:
> use CGI qw/:ALL/;
> $cgi = new CGI;
>
> routine:
> {
> if (($cgi->http('request_method)) ne 'POST'){
> die " invalid script call method $cgi->http('request_method'),\n
> $cgi->http('script_name') MUST be called using POST"
> }
>
> error:
> invalid script call method CGI=HASH(0x11b21c8)->http('request_method'),
> CGI=HASH(0x11b21c8)->http:('script_name') MUST be called using POST at
> D:\pumaspalace\cgi-bin\feedback.cgi line 87.
>
>
> I have no idea how to fix it, the code seems to be set up the way the CGI.PM docs
> want it... but the output from the die command is not giving proper information.
>
> Another thing, do you folks have any idea how to check and make sure that and email
> address is valid, by this i mean that it actually exists on a server??
>
Just use:
$ENV{REQUEST_METHOD}
The CGI module isn't used to retrieve enviromental variables. The
environmental variables are in the %ENV hash.
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