Table of Contents

	Introduction What is CGI? Why learn it? What do you need to get started?
1	Getting Started Where to write your programs; how to upload to the server; changing permissions; writing your first CGI
2	Perl Variables Scalars, arrays, and hashes
3	CGI Environment Variables Using data from environment variables; writing forms using HTTP GET
4	Processing Forms and Sending Mail Writing forms using HTTP POST: a form-to-mail CGI
5	Advanced Forms and Perl Control Structures Handling radio buttons, checkboxes, and select fields; writing a survey/poll CGI
6	Reading and Writing Data Files File permissions; how to open, read, write, and close files
7	Working With Strings Comparing, finding, joining, and formatting strings
8	Server-Side Includes How to include files and execute CGI programs from within a web page.
9	Working With Numbers Number operators and functions; random numbers; a random image picker; random rotating ad banners
10	Redirection Sending the viewer to another URL using a CGI script.
11	Multi-Script Forms Passing variables from one script to the next; writing a simple web catalog and order form
12	Searching & Sorting Finding something in a string or file; sorting a list of values
13	Regular Expressions Pattern matching with Perl
14	Perl Modules Take advantage of Perl's vast library of existing code.
15	Date and Time How to find or format a date. Count down (or up) to a date in the past or future.
16	Database Programming An introduction to working with MySQL databases. Create a database-driven web catalog.
17	HTTP Cookies How to set and read cookies in your visitors' web browser.
18	Writing Modules Create your own custom modules to share code among multiple CGI programs.
19	CGI Security Protecting your data.
20	Password Protection How to password-protect scripts and web pages.
A	Unix Tutorial and Command Reference A quick-reference guide to working with the Unix command line.
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