Demonstrates post method with an XHTML form

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Demonstrates post method with an XHTML form


#!c:Pythonpython.exe

import cgi

def printHeader( title ):
   print """Content-type: text/html
<?xml version = "1.0" encoding = "UTF-8"?>    
<html xmlns = "http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head><title>%s</title></head>

<body>""" % title

printHeader( "Using cgi.FieldStorage with forms" )
print """<paragraph>Enter one of your favorite words here:<br /></paragraph>
   <form method = "post" action = "fig06_09.py">
      <paragraph>
      <input type = "text" name = "word" />
      <input type = "submit" value = "Submit word" />
      </paragraph>
   </form>"""

pairs = cgi.parse()

if pairs.has_key( "word" ):
   print """<paragraph>Your word is: 
      <span style = "font-weight: bold">%s</span></paragraph>""" % cgi.escape( pairs[ "word" ][ 0 ] )

print "</body></html>"