Open Source Web Development with LAMP: Using Linux, Apache, MySQL, Perl, and PHP

10.5. Embperl Commands

As we saw earlier, Embperl commands start with a “[” and end with a “]”. Because “[” has a special meaning, to put a “[”on your web page, you must write it as “[[”.

10.5.1. [+ Perl Code +]

The code within [+ ... +] is executed, and the result is that the command is replaced with what the code evaluates to. Thus [+ "hello!" +] is the same as print "hello!" in a normal CGI program. For example:

<p>Hello [+ $name +]</p> 

If the value of $name is “Gerald Richter”, the result of the previous command after Embperl is through processing it is this:

<p>Hello Gerald Richter</p> 

A command can contain any Perl expression, including array elements, hash elements, and function calls:

 [+ $i+1 +] [+ $a[$i] +] [+ $info{name} +] [+ ...