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make my file readable as either Perl or HTML

Answer 1

+6 A:

This sounds like a path to pain. Consider storing the HTML in a separate file and reading it in within the script.

Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams 2010-03-09 05:21:28

Answer 2

A:

Have you considered putting Perl inside of HTML?

Like ASP4 does?

It's a lot easier that way - trust me ;-)

JDrago 2010-03-09 05:57:05

Clearly Template::Refine is the best approach ;)

jrockway 2010-03-09 06:31:52

Interesting... no ... **awesome**!

JDrago 2010-03-10 03:51:44

Answer 3

+3 A:

Maybe this is a job for Markup::Perl:

  # don't write this...
  print "Content-type: text/html;\n\n";
  print "<html>\n<body>\n";
  print "<p>\nYour \"lucky number\" is\n";
  print "<i>", int rand 10, "</i>\n</p>\n";
  print "</body>\n</html>\n";

  # write this instead...
  use Markup::Perl;
  <html><body><p>
  Your "lucky number" is
  <i><perl> print int rand 10 </perl></i>
  </p></body></html>

You could also drop the use Markup::Perl line and run your script like

perl -MMarkup::Perl my_page_with_embedded_perl.html

Then the page should render pretty well.

mobrule 2010-03-09 06:36:46

That is definitely cool...

JoelFan 2010-03-16 03:32:26

Answer 4

+3 A:

Sounds to me like you want a templating solution, such as Template::Toolkit or HTML::Template. Embedding HTML in your code or embedding code in your HTML is a recipe for pain.

Dave Sherohman 2010-03-09 11:13:19

Answer 5

+3 A:

Read it and weap Mr. @Axeman... I now present to you the empty set:

</dev/fd/0 eval 'exec perl -x -S $0 ${1+"$@"}' #> <!--
#!perl

... some Perl code ...

my $html = << '<!-- END' ;  # -->
<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN">
<HTML><HEAD>

... more HTML ...

</HTML>
<!-- END

... Perl code that processes $html ...

# -->

JoelFan 2010-03-09 22:21:29

Neat trick. Although I would still advise against it. You should really have separate things in separate places.

Brad Gilbert 2010-03-10 03:18:51

I commend you on your cleverness.

Axeman 2010-03-10 04:03:14

+1 for awesome hackishness. But, for production code or any other circumstance where maintainability is even a minor concern, I still maintain that using templates (as suggested in the answer I submitted yesterday) will cause you far less pain in the long run.

Dave Sherohman 2010-03-10 09:31:20

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