Sams Teach Yourself Cgi in 24 Hours

by Colburn, Rafe

• ISBN13: 9780672318801
• ISBN10: 0672318806
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2000-06-01
• Publisher: Sams

Summary

Sams Teach Yourself CGI in 24 Hours teaches you the next step beyond simple HTML Web pages. This new edition covers implementing CGI with both C and Perl, and it discusses CGI's relative strengths and weaknesses in comparison with other Web programming technologies like JavaScript, Java, and PHP. The book takes you from the basics of CGI--learning, for example, how to implement and customize existing CGI programs that have been written by others--to the point where you can use CGI to create your own programs from scratch. The book also provides numerous real-life examples of CGI scripts, such as database search tools, survey forms, interactive games, order forms, guest books, and more.

Table of Contents

Introduction	1	(2)
Part I An Introduction to CGI	3	(64)
Overview of CGI Programming	5	(12)
Setting Up Your CGI Environment	17	(16)
Downloading, Installing, and Debugging CGI Scripts	33	(18)
Writing Your First CGI Program	51	(16)
Part II Capturing User Input	67	(70)
Creating HTML Forms	69	(16)
Processing Input	85	(16)
Validating User Input	101	(18)
Creating an Email Feedback Form	119	(18)
Part III CGI Programming Languages and Tools	137	(64)
CGI and Simple Shell Scripting	139	(12)
Perl---The Big Kahuna of CGI	151	(18)
Other Popular CGI Programming Languages	169	(16)
Pros and Cons of Alternate Technologies	185	(16)
Part IV Building Basic CGI Applications	201	(102)
Using Flat Files for Data Storage	203	(22)
Creating a CGI-Based Message Board	225	(18)
Session (State) Management	243	(22)
Building a Simple Shopping Cart	265	(22)
Content Publishing with CGI	287	(16)
Part V Integrating Databases and CGI	303	(54)
Working with Relational Databases	305	(14)
How to Use the Structured Query Language	319	(16)
Creating an Online Store	335	(22)
Part VI Additional CGI Tips and Tricks	357	(68)
Working with HTTP	359	(16)
Securing CGI Scripts	375	(14)
Creating Custom Error Documents	389	(18)
Server Side Includes	407	(18)
Appendixes	425	(40)
A Answers	427	(12)
B MIME Types	439	(4)
C Response Codes and Reason Phrases	443	(6)
D Environment Variables and Request Headers	449	(6)
E Summary of Regular Expressions	455	(4)
F The ASCII Character Table	459	(6)
Index	465