First, you can disable CGI's XHTML output and revert it to HTML3 output with the pragma -no_xhtml in the "use CGI" line.

Also, the doctype should be just before the opening HTML tag, but after the double carriage returns from the header, so you could just print out the doctype line; however, CGI.pm does not appear to allow you to override the default DOCTYPE line that it prints out with start_html. So you might want to drop back to the first suggestion.

Dr. Michael K. Neylon - mneylon-pm@masemware.com || "You've left the lens cap of your mind on again, Pinky" - The Brain

In reply to Re: CGI.pm / !Doctype query by Masem
in thread CGI.pm / !Doctype query by Pingu

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