Perl and html

kepler has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

Good evening,

I'm trying to solve the following problem (also posted in code guru, but no answer...): I have a normal html page with a form that submits to a perl script. This last one gives an output (text or html).

I want to reload the exact same first html page with the results of the script in a span, ul, or whatever...

Any ideas?...

Regards,

Kepler

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Re: Perl and html by wjw (Priest) on Sep 05, 2015 at 00:57 UTC
Have the script deliver the original html page, then return both the original page and the results back to the client using whatever formatting you want. You can tell whether it is an initial load or a form submit when your script receives the request... ...one of many ways.. Hope that is helpful. ...the majority is always wrong, and always the last to know about it... A solution is nothing more than a clearly stated problem... wjw	[reply]
Re^2: Perl and html by kepler (Scribe) on Sep 05, 2015 at 01:09 UTC
Hi, That was my original idea. But the problem is the page html menu links. The html page and the script are in diferent locations...which is a mess...How c an I give back the html page in the right place?...	[reply]
Re^3: Perl and html by Anonymous Monk on Sep 05, 2015 at 02:29 UTC
Hi, That was my original idea. But the problem is the page html menu links. The html page and the script are in diferent locations...which is a mess...How can I give back the html page in the right place?... :) So now you know what you have to fix, fix the links Several approaches, mostly, have the original page simply call / redirect / link to the "program", and have the program present all the html with all the links fixed	[reply]
Re^4: Perl and html by kepler (Scribe) on Sep 05, 2015 at 07:38 UTC
Re^5: Perl and html by Anonymous Monk on Sep 05, 2015 at 08:20 UTC
Re: Perl and html by Anonymous Monk on Sep 05, 2015 at 13:13 UTC
The OP's question is cross posted on perlguru. http://perlguru.com/gforum.cgi?post=82016;#82016 Where I gave this answer. Sounds like your form should be executing the perl script via an AJAX call which then updates the page.	[reply]
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