Is the template much more complex than the example you provide? If not, you could just concatenate the strings, i.e. 

$top_of_template = qq(
<html>
    <head> <title> test </title> </head>
    <body bgcolor='red' >

);
$bottom_of_template = qq(       <table>
            <tr colspan='2'>
                <td> text </td>
                <td> text2 </td>
            </tr>
        </table>

    </body>
</html>
);

$middle_of_template = (your code);

$output = $top_of_template . $middle_of_template . $end_of_template;

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Alternately, you could just use HTML::Template to do this same task: 
<errors>
 <TMPL_IF NAME="INVALID_WIDGET_SIZE"><TMPL_VAR NAME="INVALID_WIDGET_SI
+ZE"></TMPL_IF>
 <TMPL_IF NAME="INVALID_WIDGET_COLOR"><TMPL_VAR NAME="INVALID_WIDGET_C
+OLOR"></TMPL_IF>
</errors>

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and then just pass the invalid widget color (or any other variable you'd like) (instead of a simple boolean?) and not have to worry about dealing with XML::Simple and all of its nastiness.

In reply to Re: XML::Simple problem, or How to convert HTML to Perl and then back again. by saintbrie
in thread XML::Simple problem, or How to convert HTML to Perl and then back again. by Wonko the sane

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