php vaiables into perl script

[foxden]

I found a posting about this without a clear answer, so I'll ask myself.

I'm using PHP on a website, I need to pass an integer to a perl script behind https
for credit card authorizations. I've tried a form input hidden field, and the perl script isn't getting the value. Any ideas?

Thanks,
Josh

[foxden]

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trying to send a static $amount to the perl script

[foxden]

It is, I wonder, does it put slashes around the data? If so, how do you strip those off in perl.