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

Is it possible to use HTML::Template with just source code? such as this: 
my $sth = $dbh->prepare(qq{select * from `sometable` where `id` = ?});
$sth->execute($some_string);
my $data = $sth->fetchrow_hashref();
$sth->finish();
my $page_title = $data->{title};
my $html_content = $data->{html_src};
my $last_edited = Format_Date_For_Viewing($data->{last_modified},"long
+_date");

# Use the HTML Content in $html_content with the HTML::Template??

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Re: Use of HTML::Template
by GrandFather (Saint) on Feb 08, 2009 at 08:40 UTC

    The second example in the HTML::Template documentation given for the new method is:

      my $t = HTML::Template->new( scalarref => $ref_to_template_text, 
                               option => 'value' 
                             );

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    which seems to cover your use case.

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      Thank you...

      One more quick question, what is this: (I'll put a comment in front of the code I have a question about...
      my $t = HTML::Template->new( scalarref => $ref_to_template_text, 

#                               option => 'value' 

                             );

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      I don't understand the option and what it is for.

      Thanks
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        A place holder for any of the optional parameters to the new method. Sorta like saying ...->new (foo => 'bar', boo => 'baz', ...). The 'scalerref' option is the interesting one and you can remove the commented line without any nasty surprises.

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