POST Data

From: Date: Fri, 21 Jul 2000 21:45:06 +0000
Subject: POST Data
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I realize you guys get too much mail to this list already, but nobody seems to know much about this. Do you guys have any ideas? Jason > I'm asking this question on behalf of someone else and am quite > ignorant to what he's talking about. Does anyone have a clue? > > ---snip--- > The data in HTML form POSTs is packaged into name value pairs. But when > IE 5 exports its favorites file to a server (an HTML file), it sends a > raw HTTP POST of the data (there are no names and values, just a raw > text stream). > > PHP's HTTP_POST_VARS does a good job of exposing the variables found in > HTML form posts. But it doesn't allow access to the raw HTTP > POST data (HTTP_POST_VARS contains a brave but corrupted attempt to > parse the 'variables'). > > Perl CGI stdin has a similar problem to PHP. But someone did an > experiment for me and found that mod_perl's read command works > perfectly. > ---snip--- > > jason _______________________________________________________ Site Design, Hosting, and E-Commerce at www.webpipe.net

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