Writing CGI Applications with Perl

Name: Writing CGI Applications with Perl
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ISBN: 9780201710144

ISBN-10: 0201710145

ISBN-13: 9780201710144

Edition: 2001

Authors: Kevin Meltzer, Brent Michalski

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Writing CGI Applications with Perl is a start-to-finish guide to accomplishing key Web development tasks by fully using the power of Perl and CGI together. Using extensive examples, careful line-by-line explanations, and skill-stretching exercises, it not only provides useful cut-and-paste code: it also teaches the practical skills and techniques you'll need to build virtually any CGI-based application. Kevin Meltzer and Brent Michalski cover every key area of Web application development with Perl: database integration, form and file handling, security, e-mail, graphics, and more. The book's in-depth coverage includes: working with HTML Web forms and obtaining user input; placing cookies…

Book details

List price: $44.99
Copyright year: 2001
Publisher: Addison Wesley Professional
Publication date: 2/15/2001
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 560
Size: 7.00" wide x 9.00" long x 1.25" tall
Weight: 2.398
Language: English



Foreword


Preface


Acknowledgments



Perl, CGI, and this Book



What Is Perl?



What Is CGI?



Why Perl Is Good for CGI



About this Book



Who Is this Book For?



Conventions Used in this Book



Using perldoc



Using the CPAN



What You Should Know



Prerequisites



Editors



File Permissions



Basic Security Concerns



Using -T



Checking for Taintedness and Laundering Data



Your PATH and -T



Installing a Script



Troubleshooting



Caching



The Expires HTTP Header



Cache-Control HTTP Header



Listings



Using Your Environment



Introduction to %ENV



Adding to %ENV



Form Input Primer



Example Script: Visitor Log



Example Script: Basic Report



Reader Exercise



What Have We Learned?



Listings



Introduction to Web Forms



Introduction



Form Tags



Reading Form Input with CGI.pm



Making Your Users Happy



Final Example



User Exercises



Program Listings



Working with Cookies



Introduction



Security



Limitations



Cookie Pieces



Working with Cookies the Manual Way



Baking Cookies with CGI.pm



Controlling User Preferences with Cookies



User Exercises



Access Counters



Introduction



Example Script: SSI Text Counter



Example Script: SSI Image Counter



Example Script: SSI Text Counter, with a Twist



Example Script: An Imageless Image Counter



Counter Conclusion



Reader Exercises



Listings



Web-Based File Uploading



Introduction



File Uploading Basics



Viewing Files



Uploading Multiple Files



Reader Exercises



File Listings



Tracking Clicks



Introduction



Example Script: A Simple Click Tracker



Example Script: Random Images



Example Script: Click Tracking (Reprise)



Reader Exercises



Listings



Using mod_perl



What Is mod_perl?



Configuring mod_perl



Apache::Registry



Automatic Headers and Footers with Apache::Sandwich



A mod_perl Photo Album with Apache::Album



Authentication with Apache::AuthDBI



Writing a mod_perl Handler



Reader Exercises



Listings



Web-Based E-mail



Introduction



Example Script: Checking POP3 Mail via the Web



Example Script: Reading E-mail via the Web



Example Script: Displaying Attachments



Example Script: Composing E-mail



Reader Exercises



Listings



Introduction to DBI and Databases on the Web



Introduction



Using the Perl DBI



Connecting to the Database



Disconnecting from the Database



Preparing and Executing an SQL Query



Fetching Data



The fetchall_arrayref() Method



The fetchrow_arrayref() Method



The fetchrow_hashref() Method



The bind_columns() Method



Putting It All Together



The do() Method



Wrapping It Up



Reader Exercises



Listings



Tied Variables



Introduction



Setting It All Up



Getting Started



Diving In



The Main Program



Finishing the ShopCart Module



Running the Program



Wrapping It Up



Program Listings



Embedding Perl in HTML with Mason



Introduction



Installation



The Strategy



Mason Syntax



Special Mason Components



Cascading Execution



Moving Right Along



rss2html



my_news



footer



Wrapping It Up: The Code for the Example Site



Document Management via the Web



Introduction



The Plan



auth.cgi



shared.pl



main.cgi



upload.cgi



viewer.cgi



Program Listings



Dynamically Manipulating Images



Introduction



Adding Shapes and Text



Creating a Dynamic Graph



Creating Thumbnail Images



Filtering Images with Image::Magick



Animated Images



Reader Exercises



Listings



RSS And XML



XML and RSS Overview



Structure of an XML Document



News Portals with RSS



A Home Page News Portal



Creating an RSS File



Reader Exercises



Listings



Server Codes


100-199: Provide confirmation that a request is being processed


200-299: Request was performed


300-399: Request not performed


400-499: Request is incomplete


500-599: Internal server errors



Environment Variables



POSIX::strftime() Formats



General Public License



Artistic License



Perl Documentation



ASCII Codes



Special HTML Characters


Resources


Index