On 04/22/2011 10:11 AM, sono...@fannullone.us wrote:
> I realize that this list may not be the best, or even most
appropriate, place to ask this question, but I'm just so curious that
I'm losing sleep over it! =;)
> What is the best way to embed perl in an HTML file that is _not_
located under the cgi-bin directory? I started learning PHP for this
very reason, but I keep coming back to Perl. I've read some about
Template Toolkit and others, but what I'm still confused over is if
these templates _must_ be located in cgi-bin or can you embed code
anywhere on your site?
> If possible, I would like to be able to embed perl, placeholders,
templates, whatever, anywhere on my site. Perhaps I'm working under the
wrong impression, but for some reason I'm thinking you can't. Hopefully
I'm wrong. Any help in pointing me in the right direction will be
greatly appreciated.
I've had similar experiences with PHP.
Perl is extremely flexible. Depending upon your particulars, you can
put Perl scripts under cgi-bin/, you can put Perl scripts under
public_html/, you can invoke Perl scripts from within web page source
files, you can put Perl code inside web page source files, you can put a
Perl interpreter and handlers inside your web server, you can write a
Perl web server, and other permutations that I've forgotten or haven't
tried yet. The upside of TIMTOWTDI [1] is that there are lots of
choices. The downside is that finding the right set of choices for a
particular person and project is a non-trivial undertaking.
This article has good background information and got me thinking in the
right direction. Unfortunately, it is getting dated and doesn't cover
Catalyst, "Modern Perl", etc.:
http://perl.apache.org/docs/tutorials/tmpl/comparison/comparison.html
Over the years, I've studied, attempted, and/or applied many Perl web
technologies with varying degrees of success. I'm currently attempting
to build a Perl CMS using LWP to replace Drupal 6 on my personal/
community web site [2]. My fall-back choice is Mason (version 1.x),
which might work for you. Mason is mature, widely used, well
understood, and there's good documentation available; notably:
http://www.masonhq.com/?OreillyBook
HTH,
David
References:
[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/There%27s_more_than_one_way_to_do_it
[2] http://holgerdanske.com/
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