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📛 NAME

CGI::XML – Perl extension for converting CGI.pm variables to/from XML

🚀 Quick Reference

Use Case	Command	Description
Create instance	$q = new CGI::XML;	Reads CGI parameters just like CGI.pm
CGI → XML	$xml = $q->toXML;	Convert all CGI variables to XML (no root element by default)
CGI → XML (with root)	$xml = $q->toXML('cgi');	Wrap the generated XML in a <cgi> root element
XML → CGI	$q->toCGI($xml);	Parse XML and populate CGI parameters (overwrites existing values)

📖 SYNOPSIS

use CGI::XML;
$q = new CGI::XML;

# convert CGI.pm variables to XML
$xml = $q->toXML;
$xml = $q->toXML($root);

# convert XML to CGI.pm variables
$q->toCGI($xml);

📝 DESCRIPTION

The CGI::XML module converts CGI.pm variables to XML and vice versa.

CGI::XML is a subclass of CGI.pm, so it reads the CGI variables just as CGI.pm would.

⚙️ METHODS

• $q = new CGI::XML
  Creates a new instance of CGI::XML. All methods of CGI.pm are also available.
• $q->toXML([$root])
  Converts CGI variables to XML. Optional $root specifies a root element; by default no root is returned.
• $q->toCGI($xml)
  Parses the XML $xml and sets CGI parameters. Existing values are overwritten.

ℹ️ NOTE

CGI::XML does not currently handle multiple selections passed from HTML forms. This will be added in a future release.

👤 AUTHOR

Jonathan Eisenzopf <eisen AT pobox.com>

👥 CONTRIBUTORS

David Black <dblack AT candle.net>

📚 SEE ALSO

• perl(1)
• XML::Parser(3)

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