From 136f42f503cb3e9588e62332d043e92b7475ec4e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Denis Vlasenko Date: Sun, 11 Feb 2007 14:52:07 +0000 Subject: Add CGI docs --- docs/cgi/in.html | 33 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 33 insertions(+) create mode 100644 docs/cgi/in.html (limited to 'docs/cgi/in.html') diff --git a/docs/cgi/in.html b/docs/cgi/in.html new file mode 100644 index 000000000..679306aaa --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/cgi/in.html @@ -0,0 +1,33 @@ +CGI Script input

CGI Script Input

+ +

Specification

+ +For requests which have information attached after the header, such as +HTTP POST or PUT, the information will be sent to the script on stdin. +

+ +The server will send CONTENT_LENGTH bytes on +this file descriptor. Remember that it will give the CONTENT_TYPE of the data as well. The server is +in no way obligated to send end-of-file after the script reads +CONTENT_LENGTH bytes.

Example

+ +Let's take a form with METHOD="POST" as an example. Let's say the form +results are 7 bytes encoded, and look like a=b&b=c. +

+ +In this case, the server will set CONTENT_LENGTH to 7 and CONTENT_TYPE +to application/x-www-form-urlencoded. The first byte on the script's +standard input will be "a", followed by the rest of the encoded string.

+ +

Return to the +interface specification

+ +CGI - Common Gateway Interface +

cgi@ncsa.uiuc.edu

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