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Edit: /usr/share/perl5/CGI/examples/save_state.cgi (2311B)

#!/usr/local/bin/perl

use CGI;
$query = new CGI;

print $query->header;
print $query->start_html("Save and Restore Example");
print "<H1>Save and Restore Example</H1>\n";

# Here's where we take action on the previous request
&save_parameters($query)              if $query->param('action') eq 'SAVE';
$query = &restore_parameters($query)  if $query->param('action') eq 'RESTORE';

# Here's where we create the form
print $query->start_multipart_form;
print "Popup 1: ",$query->popup_menu('popup1',[qw{red green purple magenta orange chartreuse brown}]),"\n";
print "Popup 2: ",$query->popup_menu('popup2',[qw{lion tiger bear zebra potto wildebeest frog emu gazelle}]),"\n";
print "";
$default_name = $query->remote_addr . '.sav';
print "Save/restore state from file: ",$query->textfield('savefile',$default_name),"\n";
print "";
print $query->submit('action','SAVE'),$query->submit('action','RESTORE');
print "",$query->defaults;
print $query->endform;

# Here we print out a bit at the end
print $query->end_html;

sub save_parameters {
 local($query) = @_;
 local($filename) = &clean_name($query->param('savefile'));
 if (open(FILE,">$filename")) {
	$query->save(FILE);
	close FILE;
	print "State has been saved to file $filename\n";
	print "If you remember this name you can restore the state later.\n";
 } else {
	print "Error: couldn't write to file $filename: $!\n";
 }
}

sub restore_parameters {
 local($query) = @_;
 local($filename) = &clean_name($query->param('savefile'));
 if (open(FILE,$filename)) {
	$query = new CGI(FILE); # Throw out the old query, replace it with a new one
	close FILE;
	print "State has been restored from file $filename\n";
 } else {
	print "Error: couldn't restore file $filename: $!\n";
 }
 return $query;
}

# Very important subroutine -- get rid of all the naughty
# metacharacters from the file name. If there are, we
# complain bitterly and die.
sub clean_name {
 local($name) = @_;
 unless ($name=~/^[\w\._\-]+$/) {
 print "$name has naughty characters. Only ";
 print "alphanumerics are allowed. You can't use absolute names.";
 die "Attempt to use naughty characters";
 }
 return "WORLD_WRITABLE/$name";
}

#!/usr/local/bin/perl use CGI; $query = new CGI; print $query->header; print $query->start_html("Save and Restore Example"); print "

Save and Restore Example

\n"; # Here's where we take action on the previous request &save_parameters($query) if $query->param('action') eq 'SAVE'; $query = &restore_parameters($query) if $query->param('action') eq 'RESTORE'; # Here's where we create the form print $query->start_multipart_form; print "Popup 1: ",$query->popup_menu('popup1',[qw{red green purple magenta orange chartreuse brown}]),"\n"; print "Popup 2: ",$query->popup_menu('popup2',[qw{lion tiger bear zebra potto wildebeest frog emu gazelle}]),"\n"; print "

"; $default_name = $query->remote_addr . '.sav'; print "Save/restore state from file: ",$query->textfield('savefile',$default_name),"\n"; print "

"; print $query->submit('action','SAVE'),$query->submit('action','RESTORE'); print "

",$query->defaults; print $query->endform; # Here we print out a bit at the end print $query->end_html; sub save_parameters { local($query) = @_; local($filename) = &clean_name($query->param('savefile')); if (open(FILE,">$filename")) { $query->save(FILE); close FILE; print "State has been saved to file $filename\n"; print "

If you remember this name you can restore the state later.\n"; } else { print "Error: couldn't write to file $filename: $!\n"; } } sub restore_parameters { local($query) = @_; local($filename) = &clean_name($query->param('savefile')); if (open(FILE,$filename)) { $query = new CGI(FILE); # Throw out the old query, replace it with a new one close FILE; print "State has been restored from file $filename\n"; } else { print "Error: couldn't restore file $filename: $!\n"; } return $query; } # Very important subroutine -- get rid of all the naughty # metacharacters from the file name. If there are, we # complain bitterly and die. sub clean_name { local($name) = @_; unless ($name=~/^[\w\._\-]+$/) { print "$name has naughty characters. Only "; print "alphanumerics are allowed. You can't use absolute names."; die "Attempt to use naughty characters"; } return "WORLD_WRITABLE/$name"; }