Aptilis manual: Passing fields

Passing fields	Try online	Examples

Here is how field data is retrieved in an Aptilis programme.

Here's what the HTML looks like:

	<FORM action="/cgi-bin/aptilis.exe" method="POST">
	<INPUT type="hidden" name="file" value="/home/scripts/simple.e.txt">

	Say Hello (or something)!:<BR>
	<INPUT type="text" name="usersaid" size=20>
	<INPUT type="submit" value="Send">
	</FORM>

And now, the Aptilis programme saved as simple.e.txt

sub main


	print("Content-type: text/html\n\n")


	print("<HTML>\n<BODY>\n\n")
	print("<B>you said:</B> ")

	print(usersaid$)

	print("</BODY>\n</HTML>")


end main

Things learnt

Passing form data is straightforward, field data is put in variables for you, so you don't have to do anything!
To output some real HTML, the magic line needs to be:
At the end of a sub, instead of 'end sub', you can use the sub's name, after 'end'.

Note:
From version 1.043, aptilis can also retrieve files as sent through the <INPUT type="file" name="varname"> tag. In order to do that, the <FORM> tag of your form must also contain the encoding type used in the following fashion:
ENCTYPE="multipart/form-data"
The method has to be 'POST'.