HTML::Embperl - Embbed perl code in HMTL documents

Copyright (c) 1997 Gerald Richter / ECOS

You may distribute under the terms of either the GNU General Public 
License or the Artistic License, as specified in the Perl README file.
For use with Apache httpd and mod_perl, see also Apache copyright.

THIS IS BETA SOFTWARE!

THIS PACKAGE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND WITHOUT ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED 
WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF 
MERCHANTIBILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.


OVERVIEW

Look at perldoc Embperl for documentation.

Embperl allows you to embed perl code in your HTML documents. The code can 
be used to compute something (e.g. retrieve data from a database) or to 
produce output (e.g. display a variable). Also some metacommands are 
available which give you the ability to create "loops" or to conditional 
process your HTML document. As fours feature some HTML tags are specially
interpreted. This allows dynamic table creation and an easier form processing.

Embperl can run offline, as CGI script or as module using mod_perl of the 
Apache httpd (which is the fastest approach). A fours method is to let it 
run as a separate process, which is at the moment only for debugging 
issues.

INSTALATION

NOTE: Embperl has been renamed to HTML::Embperl in this version. Please remove
      old Embperl before you continue. Under the perl directory you have to
      remove the following files/directories:
      
      man/man3/Embperl.3
      site_perl/auto/Embperl
      site_perl/Embperl.pm
      site_perl/<processor>-<os>/auto/Embperl
       
- Unpack the archive
- perl Makefile.PL
You will be ask if want to compile in support for Apache mod_perl. If 
you say yes, the source of Apache is searched (for headerfiles). If 
it can't found, please specify the basepath. Please make sure 
mod_perl is already installed. If you have installed mod_perl-0.96 or
higher Makefile.PL automaticly suggest the same source path as used to
build mod_perl.

- make
- make test
NOTE: At the moment it is only tested that the lib can be loaded. 
If you have compiled with support for mod_perl, make test will fail with 
undefined symbols vbprintf, rwrite, bgetopt, palloc ! 
This should change in further releases.
- make install

See perldoc Embperl how it goes on.
See the eg/ directory for examples.

I have successfully tested this on Linux 2.0.27, mod_perl 0.96 with perl 
5.003 and Apache 1.2b7. Since there is (as far as I can see) no system 
dependent stuff, it should work on other systems as well.

NOTE: In versions prior to mod_perl-0.96 spaces in form fields are not
      correctly unescaped and will remain as plus signs. Please upgrade
      to mod_perl-0.96 as soon as it will be available.

FEEDBACK

Please give me a feedback if you use/test this module. Bugs, 
questions, thinks you would find useful etc. are discussed on the mod_perl
mailling list.

From mod_perl README:
 
>For comments, questions, bug-reports, announcements, etc., send mail
>to majordomo@listproc.itribe.net with the string "subscribe modperl"
>in the body.  (Thanks to Mark A. Imbriaco <mark@itribe.net>)
>
>Thanks to James Cooper <pixel@tiger.coe.missouri.edu>,
>there is a hypermail archive for this list at:
> 
>http://www.coe.missouri.edu/~faq/lists/modperl/


SUPPORT

If you need commercial support for Embperl or want a web site where you can 
run your Embperl/mod_perl scripts without setting up your own internet www-
server, please send an email to info@ecos.de.

WWW-LINKS

mod_perl            http://www.osf.org/~dougm/apache/
apache web server   http://www.apache.org/

AUTHOR

Gerald Richter <richter@dev.ecos.de>