Re: Creating a feedback form in html



On Thu, 27 Dec 2007 18:37:22 -0800 (PST) Ivan Novick <ivan@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

IN> On Dec 27, 3:02 pm, Karl <knelso...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Hi, I need to create a feedback form in a webpage I am making so that
users can fill in text and simply hit send, and the text will be
mailed. I know there are probably lots of ways to do this, I have
been using java for 10 years so I know it could be done that way, but
I want to do it the main way that it is done on the internet today.
I understand this is probly done with a perl script and cgi. If you
guys could give me your feedback on the most common way this is done

IN> Yes I am a perl user, but honestly i would just try PHP in your
IN> scenario... http://www.w3schools.com/php/php_forms.asp

IN> If you really want to use perl, which is fair enough, than try reading
IN> here: http://perldoc.perl.org/CGI.html

I think CGI::FormBuilder is a very good way to do this and gets close to
what PHP can do (surpassing it in some ways). Whether you prefer PHP or
Perl is up to you.

Ted
.



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