CGI(3pm)

NAME
RefDB::CGI - CGI support for RefDB Perl scripts

SYNOPSIS
  use RefDB::CGI;

  if (RefDB::CGI::check_cgi("GET") == 0) {
      $template = RefDB::CGI::load_html("/usr/local/share/myapp/template.html");
  }

DESCRIPTION
Provides functions important to run RefDB scripts as CGI applications.

FEEDBACK
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AUTHOR
Markus Hoenicka, markus@mhoenicka.de

SEE ALSO
This module is part of the RefDB package, a reference manager and bibliography tool for markup languages. Please visit http://refdb.sourceforge.net for further information.

package functions

  check_cgi
Title : check_cgi

Usage : $cgi = check_cgi($mode);

Function: Checks whether app runs as a CGI app accepting GET or POST data

Argument: mode: either "GET" or "POST"

Returns : 0 if CGI app called properly
          1 if incorrect mode
          2 if missing content length of POST data
          3 if not CGI at all

  load_html
Title : load_html

Usage : $template = load_html("full/path/to/template.html")

Function: Reads a HTML template into a string

Returns : string if file was found, undef if not