Scripting with Perl
Like all scripting languages, Perl has a set of statements, variables, functions, operators, and other typical language features. However, because Perl was designed to work with data to be passed between clients and servers, it has special commands for handling data to be stored and retrieved from the server. Variables in HTML forms can be passed to a Perl script, and JavaScript’s main role lies in preprocessing the variables in the forms.
Getting Started
You will need a hosting service that provides you with access to CGI and a Perl interpreter. The examples used for this book were done using JTLNet as a hosting service (www.jtlnet.com), and you will find them to have everything you need for simple access for CGI. If you ...
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