Chapter 4. Accepting and processing form input

Table of Contents
In this chapter...
A quick look at HTML forms
The FORM element
Input fields
The CGI module
Practical Exercise: Data validation
Practical Exercise: Multi-form "Wizard" interface
Practical Exercise: File upload
Chapter summary

In this chapter...

CGI programs are often used to accept and process data from HTML forms. In this section, we take a quick look at HTML forms and use the CGI module to parse form data.