Retrieving Request Data in BASIC and Perl Scripts


Request Data TypeBASICPerl

STDIN (used for POST)

input (for each value) or input for string containing all argument values

read(STDIN,$buf,n)

Command line

argc$, argv$(1) ...

$ARGC, $ARGV

Query string (used with GET)

form$(query_string$, "name")

Use $ENV{"envvar"}, for example

$ENV{`QUERY_STRING'}

Environment variables

"request_method$"

Use $ENV("envvar"), for example, $ENV("REQUEST_METHOD")