# Flash form and cgi

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-form-and-cgi/255762>\
**Category:** programming\
**Created:** [March 26, 2008, 6:46pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-form-and-cgi/255762 "2008-03-26T18:46:50Z")\
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**Author:** ![Skarab](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ba8739/32.png) [@Skarab](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Skarab)\
**Post date:** [March 26, 2008, 6:46pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-form-and-cgi/255762/1 "2008-03-26T18:46:50Z")

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I’m creating a Flash form for making reservations online. I thought I would be using php, then found that my client’s hosting package doesn’t allow php, so I’m using cgi.

What I’m trying to determine is whether I need to give all the input fields variable names, since the field names don’t seem to be referenced in the cgi script.

I’ve looked at a number of tutes but can’t seem to find a definitive answer.

I’d also like to know if there are any other things I _should_ know about working with Flash and cgi that don’t get mentioned in the tutes!

Thanks for any help!