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How to pass parameters from java script to Perl?

Javascript submits a form that prompts the user to enter data. In the form part, I am trying to call a perl script that should take the parameter values entered; document.form1.compName.value and document.form1.compPackage.value:

My Perl script gets called successfully but the parameters are not passed. I use
use Getopt::Std;
GetOptions( "comp=s",
"pkg=s",
);

getopts("f:");
if ($opt_comp) {
$comp = $opt_comp;
}
if ($opt_pkg) {
$package = $opt_pkg;
}

The perl script works fine from a command line:
myperl.pl -comp 'compname' -pkg 'pkgname'

any help?

Command line and CGI (Common Gateway Interface) are two separate things. You'll need to access your form parameters through the query string, which'll look like ?compName=xxx&compPackage=yyy. The thing you're trying to do in your form tag is invalid -- there can be no attribute-less values in XHTML/HTML. See second source for more information on forms.

$cgi_form = new CGI::Form;
$comp = $cgi_form->param('compName');
$pkg = $cgi_form->param('compPackage');

Have not tried this myself. You'll need to install and/or use the CGI stuff. See first source for more CGI-related information.