translating php to perl

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Hi, I have a question regarding a translation that I'm trying to do from php to perl.. I'm currently using catalyst to create a page, the php file I'm translating's receiving at the beggining of the file a parameter from a javascript method, this is done in php as follows:

<?php> $typing = $_GET['field']; <?>

Also, this php page is mixed with html code, does that mean that I have to use tt2 here?, I understand that I may have to use CGI (request method), thing is.. that I don't know if the CGI object can be linked to a page or if it does it automatically.. Thanks in advance

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Re: translating php to perl by jethro (Monsignor) on Dec 17, 2010 at 13:58 UTC
Check out http://php.net/manual/en/reserved.variables.get.php: An associative array of variables passed to the current script via the URL parameters. So this is the same data that should be found in catalyst in `$c->request->query_parameters->{field};` (catalyst experts please correct me if I'm wrong here). And yes, the corresponding method to mix code and html with perl is templating, any templating modul will work.	[reply] [d/l]
Re: translating php to perl by Arunbear (Prior) on Dec 17, 2010 at 17:22 UTC
You can use any template system supported by catalyst, see Catalyst::View for a list of them (though TT2 is perhaps the most popular choice). The man page for Catalyst::View::TT shows how to access query parameters from the templates e.g. `The field is [% Catalyst.req.field %]` [download]	[reply] [d/l]