The Other Side -- receiving and processing information in CGI ( Perl) script

There are basic ways to process or parse input in a Perl

• Do it yourself -- write several lines of Perl code to process the input.
• Use pre-written Perl libraries -- somebody has already done the arduous task of writing Perl code to parse input.

Which option would you choose?

Bear in mind that:

• Input can be provide by different mechanism.
• Input of many arguments, name/value pairs may get complex.
• We do not know enough Perl to do it ourselves yet!!
• Prewritten code has been extensively tested -- It should work.

THE INFORMED VIEW IS TO USE: pre-written Perl libraries

There are many Perl libraries available to read and parse CGI input. These are freely available on the World Wide Web