Creating empty variables for input data

Hello;
I am creating a script that will be taking data from a POST and submitting
the data to variables which are placed within a hash for string to data
association. Then, using HTML::Table and Mail::Sendmail, the data is parsed
into an html table and then an email is created and send to a recipient.
So, my question is this; How do I take the input from a post form and have
the variables pick up the data and process it into a hash?

my $name = ;
my $instock = ;
my describe = ;
# Hash to hold inventory data
my %table_data = (
model => '$modelnumber',
item => '$name',
available => '$instock',
description => '$describe',
);

This is all the code I have written thus far, any pointers or suggestions
for this project?

I'm sorry. I posted in the php news group instead of PERL.
"BradenM - Sonoma Computer" <BradenM@SonomaComputer.com> wrote in message
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> Hello;
> I am creating a script that will be taking data from a POST and submitting
> the data to variables which are placed within a hash for string to data
> association. Then, using HTML::Table and Mail::Sendmail, the data is
> parsed into an html table and then an email is created and send to a
> recipient.
> So, my question is this; How do I take the input from a post form and have
> the variables pick up the data and process it into a hash?
>
> my $name = ;
> my $instock = ;
> my describe = ;
> # Hash to hold inventory data
> my %table_data = (
> model => '$modelnumber',
> item => '$name',
> available => '$instock',
> description => '$describe',
> );
>
> This is all the code I have written thus far, any pointers or suggestions
> for this project?
>