Heres a script that demonstrates what I think you want.
JD
#!/usr/bin/perl
use CGI qw/:standard/; #CGI is installed by default usually.
$query=new CGI; # create a new cgi object
print $query->header; # print the content header
%namepair=undef; # this is a perl hash.. will use $namepair below.
#an html form to show it works
print '
<html>
<form method=post action=\'/cgi-bin/test.cgi\'>
1<input type=text name=foo1><BR>
2<input type=text name=foo2><BR>
3<input type=text name=foo3><BR>
4<input type=text name=foo4><BR>
<input type=submit name=submit value=\'submit button\'>
</form>';
if ($query->param()) { #param what CGI holds the POST/Get data in
@names = $query->param; #load the names into an array
for ($i=0;$i<@names;$i++){
#load the names/values into an associative array
print $names[$i]."<BR>";
$namepair{$names[$i]}=$query->param($names[$i]);
}
#show it actually worked:
for ($i=0;$i<@names;$i++){
print $names[$i].'='.$namepair{$names[$i]}."<BR>";
}
}
> > I have a form that uses POST to pass two name/value pairs to a perl
> script. What is the best way to get those name/value pairs into a
> perl array? - --
> Jim
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