CGI form handler

Polonious · 05-09-2003 9:44am #1

Does anyone know of a good, user-friendly, CGI form handler that I can get somewhere on the net. Or what is the best one in your opinion???

FreeHost · 05-09-2003 10:13am

It all depends on what you want the form to do, here's a good place to start

http://www.hotscripts.com/CGI_and_Perl/Scripts_and_Programs/Form_Processors/index.html

or

http://cgi-resources.com/Programs_and_Scripts/Perl/Form_Processing/

mneylon · 05-09-2003 11:31am

PHP ones are usually faster and easier to install.

FreeHost · 05-09-2003 11:53am

Yes, I would agree with Blacknight there, if your site is PHP enabled, this is a fairly good script;

http://www.phpguru.org/formproc3.html

Sir Random · 06-09-2003 12:25pm

If your server supports cgi, then they probably have formmail and sendmail PERL scripts installed which you can point your form at (for basic forms).
I have written lots of perl scripts to handle custom forms. If your requirements aren't ott, I can customise a script for you.

mneylon · 06-09-2003 12:31pm

Originally posted by Sir Random
If your server supports cgi, then they probably have formmail and sendmail PERL scripts installed which you can point your form at (for basic forms).

Not necessarily. We don't for the simple reason that spammers abuse them.

dahamsta · 06-09-2003 12:35pm

Not necessarily. We don't for the simple reason that spammers abuse them.

No if they're secured properly.

heh

I highly recommend Phorm.

adam

mneylon · 06-09-2003 12:39pm

I know you can secure them properly Adam, but we prefer to let people run their own mailforms, as opposed to forcing people to use pre-installed scripts etc., etc.

Polonious · 08-09-2003 8:10am

dahamsta - looks good.

Has anybody else experience with using Phorm?

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