Sending data to a CGI script without a form?

Matthew Carpenter matt
Mon May 17 11:39:01 PDT 2004


Sure.  Just embed the data on a <A HREF=""> like this:

<A
HREF="http://mysite.com/cgi-bin/mycgiscript?PARAMETER=1&PARAMETER=3">Cl
ick here to send data to form</A>
]

 On Fri, 18 Oct 2002 21:21:54-0400 Joel
Hammer<Joel at hammershome.com> wrote:

> Is there a way to send data from a browser to a CGI script without
> using a form? And, if not, is there a way to create a phantom form,
> that is, a form which javascript generates itself, which would never
> appear on the browser screen?
> 
> I can sorta envision how this could be made to happen with HIDDEN
> types in input fields, but I hope to find a simple, "clean" approach.
> 
> Thanks,
> Joel
> 
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