#!/opt/net/GNU/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 $query->startform; print "Popup 1: ",$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"; }