Embperl Examples - If Metacommands

The following displays an sentence depending on the method (GET, POST, other)

[$ if $ENV{REQUEST_METHOD} eq 'GET' $] This is a GET request [$ elsif $ENV{REQUEST_METHOD} eq 'POST' $] This is a POST request [$ else $] This is not GET and not POST [$ endif $]

The following displays an different sentence depending on the show parameter

[$ if $fdat{show} eq 'yes' $] The show parameter is 'yes' [$ elsif $fdat{show} eq 'no' $] Nothing to show [$ else $] Request with if.htm?show=yes
of with if.htm?show=no
[$ endif $]