in reply to Re^2: Send HTML to the server
in thread Send HTML to the server

Sure.

<!-- showme.htm -->

<html>
<body>

<form method="POST" action="showme.pl">
    <textarea name="myHTML"></textarea>
    <input type="checkbox" name="asHTML">Show as HTML
    <input type="submit">
</form>

</body>
</html>

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#!/usr/bin/perl
# showme.pl
use strict;
use warnings;
use CGI 'param';

my $html = param('myHTML');
my $ashtml = param('asHTML');

if ($ashtml) {
    print "Content-Type: text/html\n\n";
    print $html;
} else {

    print "Content-Type: text/plain\n\n";

    print "The HTML you submitted looks like:\n";
    print "*" x 76, "\n";
    print $html;
    print "\n", "*" x 76, "\n";
}

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Given this input in the textarea:

<html>
<head>
<title>Show me</title>
</head>

<body>Hi</body>

</html>

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Without checking the box I get this output:

The HTML you submitted looks like:
**********************************************************************
+******
<html>
<head>
<title>Show me</title>
</head>

<body>Hi</body>

</html>
**********************************************************************
+******

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And if I check the box I just get a page saying "Hi", titled "Show me". It really isn't that hard.

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Re^4: Send HTML to the server
by vit (Friar) on Sep 12, 2011 at 02:54 UTC
    This is great. One question though, might be stupid. How did you run the script? I have showme.html and showme.pl in the same directory. The first one pops up the browser, then when I submit what should happen?
    Please do me a favor and explain this.
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      You did upload both files to a webserver, didn't you? And that webserver is configured to handle CGI scripts, isn't it? And you've made sure you've set the permissions for showme.pl correct, haven't you?

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        That's right. I did all. But when I submit showme.pl, indicated in action, pops up in the browser. I can't understand how it should work as a server code.
        I usually invoke a pl/cgi code through the local host url on my local web server and this code creates the client html on the browser. Now the html file and the code a separate. I am missing something certainly in my knowledge. I would be really grateful if you explain me how it works in your version.
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