[Athens-pm] <a href="my_script.pl?argument1=string>Click this</a> can't fix it!

[Antonis Faragitakis]

Oh! now i've understand it!
i must use <form method="POST"
 enctype="application/x-www-form-urlencoded"
 action="http://localhost/login.pl?goto_url=main">
so when i call for example "login.pl?goto_url=notepad"
it should work. Am I right Philip!?

PS. What is the purpose of using hidden fields!?

Antonis
--- Philip Lees <pjlees at ics.forth.gr> wrote:
> Aaargh! I said this:
> 
> > However, I think the main problem with Antonis'
> login script is this:
> > 
> > my $goto_url = $cgi->param("goto_url");
> 
> But I failed to notice this:
> 
> > > This works for me if I call the script with
> '?goto_url=test':
> 
> On the other hand, Antonis' index.htm invokes the
> script as follows:
> 
> <form method="POST"
> enctype="application/x-www-form-urlencoded"
> action="http://localhost/login.pl">
> 
> There's no ?goto_url in there.
> 
> I don't know what happens if you try to mix form
> field parameters and
> URL type arguments. Probably better not to. I don't
> understand why you
> need to pass goto_url as a parameter anyway. If you
> must do that, why
> not just use a hidden form field:
> 
> <input type="hidden" name="goto_url" value="test">
> 
> Philip
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