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Hello. I am a newbie to HTML and I am trying to make a form. The problem is that every HTML tutorial website I look at has a form with:
but they don't give me the code to that CGI file. What am I supposed to do with a CGI file?
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Last edited by tomthecarrot; Sep 13th, 2009 at 1:35 am.
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Originally Posted by tomthecarrot 
but they don't give me the code to that CGI file. What am I supposed to do with a CGI file?HTML and CSS Syntax (Toggle Plain Text)
"A CGI file is a Common Gateway Interface Script file. Learn how to open a CGI file or convert a CGI file to another file format."
So CGI is a general specification for a file that can handle "something".
Personally I use php, which is a step "above" HTML. You can also use Perl, Python, C, or other programming languages.
This means that as a newbie you'll probably have problems knowing what to do. I suggest that the first you do is to learn HTML fairly well, and then php, which is a modern script language which executes efficiently and doesn't need compilation (like for instance C). The only drawback of php compared to a "proper" programming language is that debugging is rather clumsy -- but some debugging aids exist.
In order to not leave you in the dark I'll give you a simple example:
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Thanks for the HTML code, now I need the CGI file code as well. I don't know how to do a form action in CGI. Thanks.
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An html websites would give you the html side of things. If you want to do the server side part, look at some php/asp.net or other server side form tutorials. 
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Well as a tutorial exercise,
go to big nose bird http://bignosebird.com/cgi.shtml and get the all-in-one form processing script,
its very well commented and documented within the code, so you can point your form at this form handler and see/learn what it is doing.
cgi scripts are text and you can read them with your text editor
go to big nose bird http://bignosebird.com/cgi.shtml and get the all-in-one form processing script,
its very well commented and documented within the code, so you can point your form at this form handler and see/learn what it is doing.
cgi scripts are text and you can read them with your text editor
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Originally Posted by tomthecarrot
Thanks for the HTML code, now I need the CGI file code as well. I don't know how to do a form action in CGI. Thanks.
php does the job quick and easy. The key is in the three lines I gave you. I suggest you learn php before you go any further with this. You can, however, find scripts on the Net that will do much more than my little snippet. I just showed you how to fetch a value.
BTW; php etc. is somewhat off-topic for this forum.
Last edited by ingeva; Sep 14th, 2009 at 9:09 am.
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