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Developing WebSpeed Applications
WebSpeed API Reference : get-cgi
 

get-cgi

This function returns any CGI or other environment variables specific to a Web request. The function returns a blank value if an invalid variable name is supplied.

Location

web\method\cgiutils.i

Parameters

INPUT p_name AS CHARACTER
The variable name. If the Unknown value (?) is specified, the return value is a list of variables.

Returns

CHARACTER

Notes

Most standard CGI and a number of HTTP environment variables are available as global variables. This function is only needed to access environment variables not defined in web\method\cgidefs.i.

Examples

See the init-cgi procedure in web\objects\web-util.p.

See also

get-field
get-cgi-long
get-cookie