The common gateway interface (CGI) -- Input to the common gateway interface -- Output from the common gateway interface -- Forms and CGI -- Server side includes -- Hypermedia documents -- Advanced from applications -- Multiple form interaction -- Gateways, databases, and search/index utilities -- Gateways in Internet information servers -- Advanced and creative CGI applications -- Debugging and testing CGI application.
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CGI Programming on the World Wide Web is aimed at programmers who are getting started with CGI. While this book teaches you the basics of CGI, it also goes far beyond the "everyday" variety of CGI applications. After introducing you to simple techniques, the book dives into detailed examples with advanced real-life solutions in CGI. The book includes examples of embedding counters into HTML pages, displaying dynamic graphics and pie graphs, animating graphics using.
Language you choose.
Server push and client pull, incorporating relational databases into your Web site, passing data between multiple forms, creating graphical interfaces to applications using clickable imagemaps, implementing mail and search gateways, and communicating with other Internet services such as Archie and Usenet. Almost all programming examples in this book are written in Perl, the most popular language for CGI. But the techniques shown in this book can also be applied to any.