Perl 101 (part 7) - CGI Basics (
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After spending the past few months understanding Perl's
variables, operators and functions, it's time to start writing Perl
programs for the Web. This week, Perl 101 introduces you to the basics of
CGI scripting, and also teaches you how to use a new type of Perl variable,
the hash.
If you've been paying attention these last few weeks, you should now know enough
to write basic Perl programs. And with that task accomplished, Perl 101 now
turns its attention to teaching you how to use Perl to generate HTML pages
dynamically through server-side CGI scripts.
Since CGI scripts typically
involve passing a number of name-value pairs of variables from one page to
another, we're first going to introduce you to a new type of variable, and then
use that knowledge to build some simple CGI scripts. Keep reading!
