[thelist] Perl problem and question
CDitty
mail at redhotsweeps.com
Sat Aug 4 17:39:30 CDT 2001
Hello all.
Messing around with perl and I have noticed a few little quirks and
problems. Perhaps it is just me learning it and I am missing something.
I have noticed that perl is not as user friendly (function wise) as say
PHP. I have some books that are approx 1 years old. As I am getting into
perl, I am constantly looking for some perl functions that are similar to
the ones that php uses. Specifically right now, I am looking for ones for
dates and arrays. In php, there is almost a function for everything, for
perl, you have to write your own functions. Really tough for
beginners. If I am wrong, someone please correct me and please point me
to some good resources.
Anyhow, I seem to be having a problem with dates.
My server date shows the correct date, but in perl, I am a month off. This
is the code I am using to get the date/time.
($second,$minute,$hour,$month_day,$month,$year) = (localtime)[0,1,2,3,4,5];
and it is returning 07/04/2001 17:17:6.
Also, I am doing a form submit within this script. After the form is
submitted, the information submitted is missing. I am only submitting one
field at this time and it is coming across as null. Is there some special
process I need to do before I can handle the submitted information? I am
submitting the variable email and referencing it on the next page as $email.
Sorry for a long winded email. Any information is appreciated.
Thanks
Chris
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