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Guest book form
<![CDATA[
<HTML>
<BODY>
<H1>Please add to my guest book...</H1>
<FORM METHOD = POST ACTION ="guestbook.cgi">
<BR>
Please enter your name:
<P>
<INPUT TYPE = "TEXT" NAME = "username">
</INPUT>
<BR>
Please enter your comments:
<P>
<TEXTAREA NAME = "comments"></TEXTAREA>
<BR>
<BR>
<INPUT TYPE = SUBMIT VALUE = "Send">
<INPUT TYPE = RESET VALUE = "Reset">
</FORM>
</BODY>
</HTML>
#File: guestbook.cgi
#!/usr/bin/perl
use CGI;
$co = new CGI;
open (BOOK, "+<book.htm") or die "Could not open guest book.";
seek (BOOK, -length($co->end_html), 2);
$date = `date`;
chop($date);
$username = $co->param('username');
$username =~ s/</</g;
$text = $co->param('comments');
$text =~ s/</</g;
print BOOK
$co->h3
(
"New comments by ", $username, " on ", $date,
$co->p,
$text,
),
$co->hr,
$co->end_html;
close BOOK;
print $co->header,
$co->start_html
(
-title=>'Guest Book Example',
-author=>'your name',
-BGCOLOR=>'white',
-LINK=>'red'
);
print
$co->center
(
$co->h1('Thanks for adding to the guest book!')
),
"If you want to take a look at the guest book, ",
$co->a
(
{href=>"http://www.yourserver.com/user/cgi/book.htm"},
"click here"
),
".",
$co->hr,
$co->end_html;
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