my $template = HTML::Template->new(filename => $template_file);
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scalarref => \$template_file
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Thanks Anonymous Monk and cdarke.

From the CPAN HTML::Template page,

my $t = HTML::Template->new( scalarref => $ref_to_template_text, 
                               option => 'value' 
                             );
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Q: What would 'value' be in this case in the following?

my $t = HTML::Template->new( scalarref => $template_file, 
                               option => 'value' 
                             );
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I already added to the template, '<TMPL_VAR NAME=PERLCODE>' per that module.

Q: Should I still use that format for later substitution?

Now, I want to add the Perl print statement mentioned in my initial post.

Q: How would I do that?

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cdarke, what I was thinking of previously was something similar to:

my $template = HTML::Template->new($template_file);

but as shown, Anonymous Monk mentioned new().

Thanks again to you both.

Hello again.

I posted the previous message as the Perlmonks server was going down that day.

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To revisit, what is the syntax to use new() for the following:

The form template is already stored in the variable $template_file which contains the placeholder called '<TMPL_VAR NAME=PERLCODE>' that need to be replaced with e.g. the phrase 'Perl code goes here'.

I'll replace the phrase with the actual code once I have the syntax setup to make that replacement.

Thanks.