HTML::Embperl - Embed Perl in Your HTML Documents Copyright (c) 1997-1999 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 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 Embperl gives you the power to embed Perl code in your HTML documents. Using Perl means being able to use a very elaborate programming language, which is widely used for WWW purposes. You can also use hundreds of Perl modules which have already been written - including DBI - for database access to a growing number of database systems. While this could also be done with other packages, Embperl has several features especially for HTML: dynamic tables, formfield-processing, escaping/unescaping and more. Embperl is a server-side tool, which means it's browser-indpendent. It can run in various ways: Under mod_perl, as a cgi script, or offline. There is also a module for Database access within Embperl, look at DBIx::Recordset. DOCUMENTATION The following documentation is available within the distribution Introduction to Embperl: perldoc Intro.pod Installation of Embperl: perldoc INSTALL.pod Full documentation: perldoc Embperl Frequent Asked Questions: perldoc Faq.pod Changes: perldoc Changes.pod Examples: eg/x/README Emacs-Mode: emacs/README All the above and further information can be found at the Embperl website http://perl.apache.org/embperl/ COMPATIBILITY I have tested Embperl successfully on Linux 2.x with perl5.004_04 perl5.005_01 apache_1.2.5 apache_1.2.6 apache_1.3.0 apache_1.3.1 apache_1.3.2 apache_1.3.3 apache_1.3.4 apache_1.3.6 apache + mod_ssl apache_ssl (Ben SSL) Stronghold 2.2 Stronghold 2.4.1 on Windows NT 4.0 with perl5.004_04 perl5.005 (only without threads!) apache_1.3b5 apache_1.3.0 apache_1.3.1 apache_1.3.4 on Windows 95 with perl5.004_02 (binary distribution) Offline mode it's reported that it also work with mod_perl on Win95 I know from other people that it works on many other UNIX systems FEEDBACK and BUG REPORTS Please let me know if you use or test this module. Bugs, questions, suggestions for things you would find useful, etc., are discussed on the mod_perl mailing list. >From the mod_perl README: The Apache/Perl mailing list (modperl@apache.org) is available for mod_perl users and developers to share ideas, solve problems and discuss things related to mod_perl and the Apache::* (and Embperl) modules. To subscribe to this list, send mail to majordomo@apache.org with the string "subscribe modperl" in the body. There is a hypermail archive for this list available from: http://outside.organic.com/mail-archives/modperl/ There is an Epigone archive for the mod_perl mailing list at http://forum.swarthmore.edu/epigone/modperl COMMERICAL SUPPORT You can get free support on the mod_perl mailing list (see above). If you need commercial support (with a guarantee for response time or a solution) for Embperl or want a web site where you can run your Embperl/mod_perl scripts without setting up your own web server, please send e-mail to info@ecos.de. AUTHOR G. Richter (richter@dev.ecos.de)