Parsing Script Help

[chs22]

Ok - so i found a cgi script on hotscripts.com that grabs information from my form and sends it to a file... here's what the file looks like:

 

http://www.lebshiff.com/results/ris_datalo...ading_form.list

 

what's the best way to go about writing a script that'll turn the information into an html page that looks a little nicer? Sorry if this is an easy one, but I'm just learning this stuff....

 

Caleb

[KevinW]

HTML, by itself, creates static web pages. If you were on a Microsoft web server (which you're not with TCH), then ASP would provide the ability to pass variables and build dynamic pages. So you are left to using other languages - inserting PHP code inside an HTML page, for example, or writing a PERL script to build the HTML page for you.

 

One thing with computer software, there is never one right answer, or one right way to do things, and I would rather borrow code already written and tweak it to my use than write new code from scratch!. To that end, I keep on my book shelf ...

 

The HTML 4 Bible

PERL 5

The Javascript Bible

PHP/MySQL for Dummies

Active Server Pages (ASP) for Dummies

 

And I use Google to find tutorials!

 

Good luck!

kw

[surefire]

Dang... KW... you read the same stuff I do.

 

chs22... if I'm not mistaken, I think I actally wrote the script for you on another thread.

 

If that was someone else, forgive the mental lapse.

[surefire]

Yep... that was you.

 

Your script is waiting on the other thread you wrote recently.

 

I certainly don't expect payment... but if you'd like to make a donation to my IRS approved "church"... then father Surefire would absolve you of your worldly sins.

 

(Totally kidding)

 

By the by... cgi is just fine as a server side script... but I've read that PHP is much faster. Don't know this for fact... but it seems to be commonly accepted.

 

Same goes for SSI... and less functionality. (But it's simple)

 

But free advice is worth about what you paid for it...