How to return an HTML page from a Perl script ?

[Rodney]

1. I want to have a ahref link, on an HTML page, point to a PERL script.
2. The Perl script will open an existing HTML document and change some of
its content.
3. After altering the HTML document, I want it to be returned to the Web
Client.


I don't want to re-write the entire HTML document with in the PL script
(because then the HTML document can not be easily edited using an HTML
editor). I only want to change certain content then return the document to
the client.

How do I do that?

The PERL script changes the document.... but then it doesn't "return" it ??



Thanks,

 

[Andras Malatinszky]

1. I want to have a ahref link, on an HTML page, point to a PERL script.
2. The Perl script will open an existing HTML document and change some of
its content.
3. After altering the HTML document, I want it to be returned to the Web
Client.

Read up on the redirect method in the CGI.pm documentation
(http://stein.cshl.org/WWW/software/CGI/#header is a good place to start).

 

[A. Sinan Unur]

1. I want to have a ahref link, on an HTML page, point to a PERL
script. 2. The Perl script will open an existing HTML document and
change some of its content.
3. After altering the HTML document, I want it to be returned to the
Web Client.

HTML:: Template can help: http://html-template.sourceforge.net/

Sinan.

 

[Rodney]

I found a simple way to do it.

No CGI libraries or anything is required.

NOTE: It's important to include the \n\n and the return value of 1


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$theUrl = http://www.yourplace.com


sub Redirect_page {
print "Location: ", $theUrl,"\n\n";

1;
}





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[Rodney]

NOTE:
In my previous post, I defined the URL link and the Newsgroup caused it to
be a URL-Link.... So, you're not seeing the double quots around it. You
must include double quotes around the URL address... ie; "your URL here"

 

[C. Olive]

1. I want to have a ahref link, on an HTML page, point to a PERL script.
2. The Perl script will open an existing HTML document and change some of
its content.
3. After altering the HTML document, I want it to be returned to the Web
Client.


I don't want to re-write the entire HTML document with in the PL script
(because then the HTML document can not be easily edited using an HTML
editor). I only want to change certain content then return the document to
the client.

How do I do that?

The PERL script changes the document.... but then it doesn't "return" it ??

I see you've already received the answer I would have offered:
HTML::Template. Highly recommended. If you need a sample interaction
to help you put the pieces together, just say so and I'll drop one
here for you to look at. Examples always help... HTML::Template
rocks...

Chris