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neko
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Joined: 14 May 2002
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 Posted: Tue Sep 17, 2002 4:13 pm Post subject: html output in Perl? |
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I code perl at work, and have recently been asked to convert some of my scripts to include a web interface/output...(These scripts generate statistics on network outages/utilization/etc) I've been using CGI.pm but haven't been too happy with it other than the parameter parsing (seems to be quirky with forms and such at times) and was wondering what people typically use for html output? Is doing it by hand really the best solution? or are there other modules I don't know about...
Any suggestions are much appreciated 
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rac
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Joined: 30 May 2002
Posts: 6553
Location: Japanifornia
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| Posted: Tue Sep 17, 2002 6:05 pm Post subject: |
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I use CGI.pm, and love it. What problems have you been having with it? It allows me to say things like: | Code: | print
$cgi->header( -type => 'text/html', -charset => 'x-euc-jp' ),
$cgi->start_html( -title => "" ),
$cgi->h1( "Estrance $uid" ),
$cgi->start_form( -action => 'chu.cgi', -method => 'GET' ),
$cgi->hidden( -name => 'uid', -value => $uid ),
$cgi->start_table( -border => 0, -cellpadding => 6 ),
$cgi->Tr( $cgi->th( {-align => left}, '' ),
$cgi->td( $uid ) ),
$cgi->Tr( $cgi->th( {-align => left}, '' ),
$cgi->td( $cgi->textfield( -name => 'name',
-value => $user->name ) ) ),
$cgi->Tr( $cgi->th( {-align => left}, '' ),
$cgi->td( $cgi->password_field( -name => 'pwd',
-length => 24 ) ) ),
$cgi->Tr( $cgi->th( {-align => left}, '' ),
$cgi->td( $cgi->password_field( -name => 'pwd2',
-length => 24 ) ) ),
$cgi->Tr( $cgi->th( {-align => left}, '' ),
$cgi->td( $cgi->textfield( -name => 'email',
-value => $user->email ) ) ),
$cgi->end_table,
$cgi->submit( -value => '' ),
$cgi->end_form,
$cgi->end_html; |
...I erased a lot of Japanese text. You can even avoid all the '$cgi->' object calls if they bother you and just use the functional interface that CGI.pm borrowed from HTML::AsSubs.
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phong
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Joined: 16 Jul 2002
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Location: Michigan - 15 & Ryan
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| Posted: Tue Sep 17, 2002 6:26 pm Post subject: |
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To be honest, I write the HTML in most perl scripts by hand (usually big chunks with <<"BLOCK" style "here documents"). I write HTML files that way, so I'm used to it. In many cases, it's actually more readable, because you can see the exact HTML in your source. Of course, it's more readable to do it the CGI.pm way sometimes (with big scripts for example). And I use CGI.pm for handling form data, url parsing, cookies, etc. Actually, CGI.pm is a tad bloated for my taste, so if the script is small or simple, I forgo that entirely.
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