Re^2: Run Perl function using href

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Re^3: Run Perl function using href by NetWallah (Canon) on Aug 15, 2011 at 22:22 UTC
Just trying to understand your question. It looks like you want to display a link, that when clicked, will call up some perl code (a specific function). If this is the case (and you are doing simple CGI), the href target will be the perl code file. You can pass additional parameters to the code file to call specific functions. Assuming your code is called cgi2.pl, and your cgi directory is "cgi-bin", and the function name is myfunc2, your initial page should have the href (statically or dynamically generated) to say: `<a href="/cgi-bin/cgi2.pl?pleasecall=myfunc2&param1=one&param2=two"> +Click here to call func</a>` [download] Now your cgi2.pl needs code like this (All this gets much nicer, if you "use CGI;"): `my %param; # Access the Query String Data if (length ($ENV{'QUERY_STRING'}) > 0){ my @pairs = split(/&/, $ENV{'QUERY_STRING'}); foreach my $pair (@pairs){ my ($name, $value) = split(/=/, $pair); $value =~ s/%([a-fA-F0-9][a-fA-F0-9])/pack("C", hex($1))/eg +; $param{$name} = $value; } } # Find function, and call it with params .. if ($param{pleasecall} eq "myfunc2"){ myfunc2 ($param{param1}, $param{param2}); }` [download] "XML is like violence: if it doesn't solve your problem, use more."	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^4: Run Perl function using href by chromatic (Archbishop) on Aug 15, 2011 at 22:57 UTC
All this gets much nicer, if you "use CGI;" CGI has far fewer bugs, too.	[reply]
Re^3: Run Perl function using href by ww (Archbishop) on Aug 15, 2011 at 15:30 UTC
You do understand, don't you, that a browser -- by itself -- can NOT execute a perl function? ... and which "manuals" did you go through? Your response seems to suggest that you must have skipped those suggested in Re: Run Perl function using href.	[reply]
Re^4: Run Perl function using href by rainmanh (Initiate) on Aug 15, 2011 at 16:00 UTC
There is no need for an aggressive behaviour neither a need to make feel bad newcomers	[reply]
Re^5: Run Perl function using href by Anonymous Monk on Aug 16, 2011 at 00:27 UTC
There is no need for an aggressive behaviour neither a need to make feel bad newcomers Hihi, but there is a need to use the common language of the internet if you want to know how to do internet things, you have to learn about the internet, which those manuals explain. When you say ...I went through manuals ... but never got an approximation on how to ... I did not want to include more forms ... ww understandably draws the conclusion, that you skipped those manuals , as there is no need for extra forms, and those manuals do indeed cover the situation you're asking about, with or without forms. Or if, as NetWallah posits, we have misunderstood your question, there is a tutorial for that too, How do I post a question effectively?, but it will require learning the language of the internet	[reply]