Can you give an example of using a Perl CGI script to process a web form?

Sure, here is an example of a simple Perl CGI script that processes a web form:

#!/usr/bin/perl use CGI; # Create a new CGI object my $cgi = CGI->new(); # Get the form data my $name = $cgi->param('name'); my $email = $cgi->param('email'); # Do some processing with the form data # ... # Print the response print $cgi->header(); print $cgi->start_html('Form Processing'); print $cgi->h1('Form Processing'); print $cgi->p("Thank you, $name. We have received your email: $email."); print $cgi->end_html();

This script first uses the "use" statement to load the CGI module. Then it creates a new CGI object using the "new" method. Then it retrieves the values of the "name" and "email" fields from the form using the "param" method of the CGI object.

After that, it can perform any processing that is required with the form data. In this example, I didn't include any processing but it can be any operation that you want to perform with the data.

Finally, the script prints the response to the user. It starts by printing the HTTP header using the "header" method of the CGI object. Then it prints the HTML code to display the response to the user, including a message thanking them for their submission. The script ends by closing the HTML using the "end_html" method.

This is a simple example of how a Perl CGI script can be used to process a web form. In a real-world scenario, you would likely need to perform more advanced processing, validation, and error handling. But this example should give you a good starting point for creating your own CGI scripts.