oddabon :: mkcgi v2.1

form.html + mkcgi = form.cgi

NAME mkcgi is a simple command line utility for producing a form processing perl CGI script instantly by parsing an existing HTML form. The resulting perl script is easy to understand and customize. Features include error checking, confirmation email sent to the admin and user, plain text tab delimited logging, MySQL support and redirection to a thank you page. SYNOPSIS Usage: mkcgi [OPTIONS] form.html form.cgi -i, --interactive Interactive mode, prompts you for values --admin-log=filename Full path and filename to save form posts --admin-email=email This person(s) receives the form posts --admin-from=field Email address field name in the HTML form --admin-subject=text The subject line of the email sent to the admin --user-from=email Reply-to email address the user will receive --user-subject=text The subject line of the email sent to the user --user-thanks=url Full URL to the thank you page --mysql-on Enable MySQL support --mysql-host=hostname MySQL hostname --mysql-user=username MySQL user name --mysql-pass=password MySQL password --mysql-db=database MySQL database name --mysql-table=table MySQL table name --help Display this help and exit --version Output version information and exit DESCRIPTION mkcgi takes [options] and 2 arguments. The first is the html file name of the form you want it to parse and the second is the file name of the cgi script you want to create. It will load the form field values into your favorite UNIX editor. You'll need to verify the field names look accurate and remove any duplicates (radio buttons) or other unnecessary HTML. Next edit the proper field names that will be used for error checking and displayed to the user. Next edit configuration information and comment out fields that are not required or add special error checking. A SQL file will be created that you can load into MySQL so your data can be inserted. Your CGI script is ready! DOWNLOAD mkcgi.tgz - mkcgi.bz2 - mkcgi.zip - mkcgi.txt SAMPLES sample script, sample table