#!/usr/bin/perl -T
#By Ben Jacobs <dooberwah> 2001
#    "Use": Colors a string with a gradient. The user inputs
#    the string and two colors in hexedcimal.
#    Comments welcome, I know this isn't a very efficient
#    script but it's the best I could come up with.
use strict;
use warnings;
use CGI qw/:standard/;
use HTML::Entities;

# Set globals
my $error     = '';
my $string_length_limit = 50;
$|++; # kill buffering

# Grab params
my $string    = param('string');
my $bgcolor   = param('bgcolor');
my $fromcolor = param('fromcolor');
my $tocolor   = param('tocolor');

# untaint everything
my ( $safe_string )    = ( $string    =~ /^(.*)$/ );
$safe_string           = encode_entities( $safe_string );
my ( $safe_bgcolor )   = ( $bgcolor   =~ /^([a-fA-F0-9]{6})$/ );
my ( $safe_fromcolor ) = ( $fromcolor =~ /^([a-fA-F0-9]{6})$/ );
my ( $safe_tocolor )   = ( $tocolor   =~ /^([a-fA-F0-9]{6})$/ );

# validate data
if ( length $safe_string > $string_length_limit ) {
    $safe_string = substr $safe_string, 0, $string_length_limit;
    param( 'string', $safe_string ); # truncate param to 50 characters so sticky fields
                                     # don't overflow
    $error .= p( 'Length of input string must not be longer than 50 characters' );
}
if ( ! defined $safe_bgcolor ) {
    $error .= p( '"Background Color" must be a six digit hexadecimal number.' );
}
if ( ! defined $safe_fromcolor ) {
    $error .= p( '"From Color" must be a six digit hexadecimal number.' );
}
if ( ! defined $safe_tocolor ) {
    $error .= p( '"To Color" must be a six digit hexadecimal number.' );
}

my $error_html = '';
if ( $error and param( 'not_first_run' ) ) {
	$error_html = error( $error );
}

print header,
      start_html( -title   => 'Text Gradient',
	  			  -bgcolor => $bgcolor ),
      start_form,
	  $error_html,
      table( { -border      => 0,
               -cellspacing => 0,
               -cellpadding => 3 },
               Tr( 
                   [ td( [ 'String', textfield(     -name      => 'string',
                                                    -default   => 'This is a test',
                                                    -size      => $string_length_limit,
                                                    -maxlength => $string_length_limit ) ], ),
                     td( [ 'Background', textfield( -name      => 'bgcolor',
                                                    -default   => 'FFFFFF',
                                                    -size      => 6,
                                                    -maxlength => 6 ) ], ),
                     td( [ 'From color', textfield( -name      => 'tocolor',
                                                    -default   => 'FFFFCC',
                                                    -size      => 6,
                                                    -maxlength => 6 ) ], ),
                     td( [ 'To color', textfield(   -name      => 'fromcolor',
                                                    -default   => '0000CC',
                                                    -size      => 6,
                                                    -maxlength => 6 ) ], )
                   ] 
                 )
             ),
      submit,
	  hidden( -name  => "not_first_run",
	  		  -value => "yes" ),
      end_form;
print p( color($string, $fromcolor, $tocolor) ) if ! $error;
print end_html;

sub hexify {
    my $red   = shift;
    my $green = shift;
    my $blue  = shift;
    sprintf("%.2x%.2x%.2x", $red, $green, $blue);
}

sub color {
    my $string    = shift; 
    my $FromColor = shift;
    my $ToColor   = shift;

    my @letters = split //, $string;
        
    my ($fromR, $fromG, $fromB) = ( $FromColor =~ /(\w{2})(\w{2})(\w{2})/ );
    my ($toR, $toG, $toB)       = ( $ToColor   =~ /(\w{2})(\w{2})(\w{2})/ );

    $fromR = hex($fromR);
    $toR   = hex($toR);

    $fromG = hex($fromG);
    $toG   = hex($toG);

    $fromB = hex($fromB);
    $toB   = hex($toB);

    my $rstep;
    my $gstep;
    my $bstep;

    if ( $fromR > $toR) { 
        $rstep = ($fromR - $toR) / length($string); 
    } elsif ( $fromR < $toR) { 
        $rstep = ($toR - $fromR) / length($string); 
    }

    if ( $fromG > $toG) { 
        $gstep = ($fromG - $toG) / length($string); 
    } elsif ( $fromR < $toR) { 
        $gstep = ($toG - $fromG) / length($string); 
    }

    if ( $fromB > $toB) { 
        $bstep = ($fromB - $toB) / length($string); 
    } elsif ( $fromR < $toR) { 
        $bstep = ($toB - $fromB) / length($string); 
    }

    my $happystring = '';
    my $r = 0;
    my $g = 0;
    my $b = 0;

    foreach my $letter (@letters) {
        if($r == 1) { $fromR -= $rstep; } else { $fromR += $rstep; }
        if($g == 1) { $fromG -= $rstep; } else { $fromG += $gstep; }
        if($b == 1) { $fromB -= $bstep; } else { $fromB += $bstep; }

        if ( $fromR > 255) {
            $r = 1;
        } elsif ( $fromR < 0) {
            $r = 0;
        }
    
        if ( $fromG > 255) {
            $g = 1;
        } elsif ( $fromG < 0) {
            $g = 0;
        }
    
        if ( $fromB > 255) {
            $b = 1;
        } elsif ( $fromB < 0) {
            $b = 0;
        }
        
        my $hexcolors = hexify($fromR, $fromG, $fromB);
        $happystring .= font( { -color => "#$hexcolors" }, $letter );
    }
    $happystring;
}

sub error {
    my $error = shift;
    return ( h1( 'Error in User Input' ) . p( $error ) );
}