Re: call js function from CGI?

Just like a static HTML page can contain JavaScript, so can a dynamically built one.

use strict;
use warnings;

use CGI qw( :standard );

print(
   header(),
   start_html('A Simple Example'),
   qq{<p>Hey look, some HTML!</p>},
   qq{<script>alert("Hey look, some JS!");</script>},
   end_html(),
);
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Re^2: call js function from CGI? by Anonymous Monk on Apr 08, 2008 at 14:44 UTC
I tried this: `print '<script>reload_foobar function();</script>';` [download] but no luck	[reply] [d/l]
Re^3: call js function from CGI? by Corion (Patriarch) on Apr 08, 2008 at 14:48 UTC
The code works for me in Perl: `>perl -le "print '<script>reload_foobar function();</script>';" <script>reload_foobar function();</script>` [download] but this doesn't look very much like JavaScript to me: `reload_foobar function();` [download] Maybe you can tell us what you want to do. Maybe you can also describe how Javascript::SpiderMonkey is overkill and how what you want can be done with less than pulling in a complete Javascript interpreter.	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^3: call js function from CGI? by ikegami (Patriarch) on Apr 08, 2008 at 17:07 UTC
Check your browser's error console. I'm sure there's an error message waiting for you there, since what you posted isn't JavaScript.	[reply]