#
# This subroutine parses the information that comes in from the web page
# caselog.html and creates a hash table containing the variable settings.
# 
   if ($ENV{'REQUEST_METHOD'} eq 'GET') {
      # Split the name-value pairs
      @pairs = split(/&/, $ENV{'QUERY_STRING'});
   }
   elsif ($ENV{'REQUEST_METHOD'} eq 'POST') {
      # Get the input
      read(STDIN, $buffer, $ENV{'CONTENT_LENGTH'});
 
      # Split the name-value pairs
      @pairs = split(/&/, $buffer);
   }
   else {
      &error('request_method');
   }

   foreach $pair (@pairs) {
      ($name, $value) = split(/=/, $pair);
 
      # translate '+' to ' '
      $name =~ tr/+/ /;
      # Not sure what the line below does?
      $name =~ s/%([a-fA-F0-9][a-fA-F0-9])/pack("C", hex($1))/eg;

      $value =~ tr/+/ /;
      $value =~ s/%([a-fA-F0-9][a-fA-F0-9])/pack("C", hex($1))/eg;

      # If they try to include server side includes, erase them, so they
      # arent a security risk if the html gets returned.  Another 
      # security hole plugged up.

      $value =~ s/<!--(.|\n)*-->//g;

      # Create two associative arrays here.  One is a configuration array
      # which includes all fields that this form recognizes.  The other
      # is for fields which the form does not recognize and will report 
      # back to the user in the html return page and the e-mail message.
      # Also determine required fields.

	 $CONFIG{$name} = $value;
   }