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Hidden Fields

Hidden fields allow you to send data to the CGI program without showing that data to the user.

<INPUT TYPE="HIDDEN" NAME="name" VALUE="value">

where:

TYPE
specifies that this should be a hidden field.
NAME
assigns a name to the field.
VALUE
assigns the value that will be sent to the CGI program.

Note that "Hidden" fields are not completely hidden from users, because any user can select the "View Source" option in their browser to see the value of these fields.