faking out CGI.pm

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Re: faking out CGI.pm by Joost (Canon) on Dec 19, 2007 at 20:30 UTC
CGI.pm supports command line arguments: `perl my-cgi.pl name=value name2=value2` [download] For more complex simulation you can set the environment and STDIN stream according to the CGI specs. There's probably some CPAN module too. I've never had to use more than plain params for debugging. "What should it profit a man, if he should win a flame war, yet lose his cool?"	[reply] [d/l]
Re^2: faking out CGI.pm by kmullin (Acolyte) on Dec 19, 2007 at 20:58 UTC
Cool, I'll try that.	[reply]
Re: faking out CGI.pm by thezip (Vicar) on Dec 19, 2007 at 23:52 UTC
To expand on Joost's suggestion, you could create a file containing the pre-specified NAME=VALUE pairs. `__DATA__ foo_field=foo's_value bar_field=bar's_value ...` [download] Then, it's just a matter of getting a filehandle and instantiating a CGI object with it: `open(IFH, $CGI_filename) \|\| die ... my $query = CGI->new(IFH); my $field = $query->param('foo_field'); print $field, "\n"; __OUTPUT__ foo's_value` [download] Your wish is my commandline.	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re: faking out CGI.pm by nikosv (Deacon) on Dec 22, 2007 at 12:44 UTC
If you are on windows check Komodo and Openkomodo IDE from Activestate. It's product overview states : 'CGI emulation Full environment control while debugging web applications on your local machine' also check komodo-35-for-dynamic-languages	[reply]
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