CGI Programming with Perl

Name: CGI Programming with Perl
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ISBN: 9781565924192

ISBN-10: 1565924193

ISBN-13: 9781565924192

Edition: 2nd 2000

Authors: Shishir Gundavaram, Scott Guelich, Gunther Birznieks, Linda Mui

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Programming on the Web today can involve any of several technologies, but the Common Gateway Interface (CGI) has held its ground as the most mature method--and one of the most powerful ones--of providing dynamic web content. CGI is a generic interface for calling external programs to crunch numbers, query databases, generate customized graphics, or perform any other server-side task. There was a time when CGI was the only game in town for server-side programming; today, although we have ASP, PHP, Java servlets, and ColdFusion (among others), CGI continues to be the most ubiquitous server-side technology on the Web. CGI programs can be written in any programming language, but Perl is by…

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List price: $39.99
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 2000
Publisher: O'Reilly Media, Incorporated
Publication date: 7/9/2000
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 472
Size: 6.25" wide x 9.00" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.628
Language: English



Preface



Getting Started


History


Introduction to CGI


Alternative Technologies


Web Server Configuration



The Hypertext Transport Protocol


URLs


HTTP


Browser Requests


Server Responses


Proxies


Content Negotiation


Summary



The Common Gateway Interface


The CGI Environment


Environment Variables


CGI Output


Examples



Forms and CGI


Sending Data to the Server


Form Tags


Decoding Form Input



CGI.pm


Overview


Handling Input with CGI.pm


Generating Output with CGI.pm


Alternatives for Generating Output


Handling Errors



HTML Templates


Reasons for Using Templates


Server Side Includes


HTML:: Template


Embperl


Mason



JavaScript


Background


Forms


Data Exchange


Bookmarklets



Security


The Importance of Web Security


Handling User Input


Encryption


Perl's Taint Mode


Data Storage


Summary



Sending Email


Security


Email Addresses


Structure of Internet Email


sendmail


mailx and mail


Perl Mailers


procmail



Data Persistence


Text Files


DBM Files


Introduction to SQL


DBI



Maintaining State


Query Strings and Extra Path Information


Hidden Fields


Client-Side Cookies



Searching the Web Server


Searching One by One


Searching One by One, Take Two


Inverted Index Search



Creating Graphics on the Fly


File Formats


Outputting Image Data


Generating PNGs with GD


Additional GD Modules


PerlMagick



Middleware and XML


Communicating with Other Servers


An Introduction to XML


Document Type Definition


Writing an XML Parser


CGI Gateway to XML Middleware



Debugging CGI Applications


Common Errors


Perl Coding Techniques


Debugging Tools



Guidelines for Better CGI Applications


Architectural Guidelines


Coding Guidelines



Efficiency and Optimization


Basic Perl Tips, Top Ten


FastCGI


mod_perl



Works Cited and Further Reading



Perl Modules


Index