CGI Fast and Easy Web Development Book

	Introduction	xvii
Part I	CGI: An Introduction	1
Chapter 1	CGI and the Web	3
	What Is CGI?	4
	Why Use CGI?	5
	Why Is CGI Important to the Web Designer?	7
	Who Uses CGI?	8
	CGI Basics	9
	What You Need to Run CGI Applications	10
	CGI Server Requirements	11
	Getting Started with CGI	12
	Creating Your cgi-bin	12
	CGI Programming Languages	16
	Your Choices	16
	The Most Popular CGI Language: Perl	16
	Preparing Your Web Page for CGI	18
	Summary	21
Chapter 2	Writing Your CGI Application	23
	Planning Ahead Is Important	24
	Using Multiple Languages	24
	Using Multiple HTML Pages	25
	Adopting Proper Form Design	28
	Planning the Database Design	29
	Writing Pseudocode	32
	Learning the Programming Basics	35
	Understanding the Difference Between Programs and Scripts	36
	Learning the Perl Basics	36
	Summary	48
Chapter 3	Your First CGI Application	49
	Creating Your Application Using Perl	50
	Adding Comments to Your Application	50
	Creating Your Application on a PC or Mac	53
	Creating Your Application on a UNIX Server	62
	Changing the Permissions of Your Application	64
	Starting Your CGI Application Using Perl	66
	Finding Perl on Your Server	66
	Using the Interpreter's Location in Your Application	68
	Writing Your Perl Code	69
	Running Your CGI Application	75
	Using the URL to Run the Application	75
	Using a Test HTML Form to Run the Application	76
	Summary	77
Part II	Basic Data	79
Chapter 4	Getting the Data from Vistors to Your Web Page	81
	Gathering Data from Your Visitors	82
	Using Data Labels	82
	Using Name Attributes or HTML Labels	83
	Developing Your HTML Form	85
	Using Text Input Fields	85
	Using Selected Choice Inputs	93
	Creating Action Buttons	100
	Adding Default Values to Your Forms	106
	Adding Links to Your Forms	108
	Using Environment Variables	111
	Using Post versus Get	111
	Determining Browser and Platform Information	117
	Determining Navigation Information	119
	Viewing All Environment Variables at Once	120
	Summary	121
Chapter 5	Getting the Data Into Your CGI Application	123
	The Importance of the Data in Your Application	124
	The Ability to Interact	124
	The Means of Communicating with Your Visitors	124
	Inputting User Data	125
	Parsing Data from Forms and Links	125
	Inputting Data from Environment Variables	136
	Inputting Data Yourself	137
	Inputting Data from Scalars	138
	Inputting Data from Arrays	139
	Inputting Data from Hashes	142
	Dealing with Potential Problems	145
	Incorrect Input from Your Users	145
	Faulty Data that You Input	146
	Summary	147
Chapter 6	Scalars	148
	Storing Scalar Information	149
	Initial Data	149
	Results of Operations	150
	Using Numbers as Scalar Variables	152
	Addition	152
	Subtraction	154
	Multiplication	155
	Division	159
	Using Multiple Operators	162
	Using Strings as Scalar Variables	164
	Connecting Strings	164
	Repeating Strings	166
	Assigning Values to a Variable	167
	Manipulating Variable Values	168
	Summary	172
Chapter 7	Arrays	173
	Splitting a Scalar Into an Array	174
	Reasons for Splitting a Scalar	174
	The Process of Splitting a Scalar	175
	Determining the Length of an Array	177
	Using a Scalar Variable	177
	Using the Index Number	179
	Retrieving Array Data	181
	Retrieving a Specific Item	182
	Retrieving Multiple Items	186
	Modifying an Array	191
	Modifying the Entire Array	191
	Adding Elements to an Array	195
	Removing Array Elements	199
	Replacing Array Elements	203
	Reversing the Order of Elements	206
	Manipulating Arrays	207
	Combining Arrays	207
	Sorting Arrays	208
	Summary	209
Chapter 8	Hashes	210
	Checking for the Existence of a Key	211
	Why Checking Is Important	211
	How to Check for a Key	211
	Retrieving Hash Values Using Keys	214
	Retrieving a Single Value	214
	Retrieving Multiple Values	216
	Retrieving All the Hash Data	218
	Finding All Hash Values	218
	All Hash Keys	219
	Retrieving Specific Keys and Values	221
	Retrieving the First Key and Value	221
	Retrieving Each Key and Value	224
	Retrieving Key-Value Pairs with the Keys Function	225
	Removing Key-Value Pairs	228
	Summary	232
Chapter 9	Conditional Statements	233
	Comparing Values	234
	Number Comparison	234
	String Comparison	235
	Evaluating without Comparisons	237
	Checking Multiple Comparisons	237
	Creating Your Conditional Statement	239
	Using Conditional Statement Blocks	245
	The if/unless Statement	245
	The while/until Statement	248
	The do {} while/until Statement	251
	The for Statement	255
	The foreach Statement	258
	Nested Conditional Statements	260
	Summary	262
Part III	Advanced Data	263
Chapter 10	Handling Data with Regular Expressions	265
	Using Regular Expressions	266
	Matching Text Patterns	267
	Single Character Patterns	267
	Group Patterns	271
	Anchor Patterns	274
	Precedence	277
	Using the Matching Operator	277
	Choosing a Different Target	278
	Ignoring String Case	280
	Using Different Delimiters	282
	Variable Interpolation	284
	Making Substitutions with Regular Expressions	287
	Advanced Substitutions	288
	Using the Split Function	291
	Summary	294
Chapter 11	Subroutines	295
	Creating a Subroutine	296
	A Basic Subroutine	296
	A Subroutine that Requires Input	297
	Storing a Subroutine	298
	Calling a Subroutine	299
	Calling a Basic Subroutine	300
	Calling a Subroutine that Requires Input	300
	Calling a Subroutine from an External File	303
	Subroutine Return Values	304
	Using the Subroutine Return Value	305
	Manually Setting the Return Value	307
	Summary	309
Chapter 12	Retaining Visitor Data	310
	Creating Hidden Fields	311
	Adding Hidden Fields to Your Form	311
	Using a Hidden Field to Store Collected Data	313
	Understanding Cookies	316
	Setting Cookies	317
	Reading Your Cookies	325
	Tossing Your Cookies	326
	Putting It All Together	328
	Summary	332
Chapter 13	Outputting Data	333
	Generating STDOUT Output	334
	Normal Output Using print	334
	Formatted Output Using printf	336
	Generating HTML Formatted Output	339
	Adding HTML Formats to Output	339
	Printing Multiple Lines	340
	Image and Path Links	342
	Generating Header and Footer Subroutines	343
	Creating Header and Footer Subroutines	344
	Calling Header Subroutines	346
	Calling Footer Subroutines	347
	Generating Table and List Outputs	348
	Outputting a Hash as a Table	349
	Outputting an Array as a List	351
	Formatting Numbers and Strings	352
	Printing Formatted Data	353
	Formatting Numbers as Dollars and Cents	354
	Padding Numbers	356
	Summary	357
Chapter 14	Formats	359
	Using Formats	360
	Defining a Format	361
	Invoking a Format	363
	Using Fields	364
	Text Fields	368
	Numeric Fields	369
	Multiline Fields	370
	Filled Fields	372
	Using the Top-of-Page Format	373
	Changing Format Defaults	376
	Changing the Format Names	376
	Changing the Page Length	378
	Summary	379
Chapter 15	Files and Directories	380
	Using Files	381
	Opening Files	381
	Closing Files	386
	Writing to Files	387
	Reading Data from Files	388
	Exclusive File Access	390
	Renaming Files	391
	Removing Files	394
	Checking the Status of Files	395
	Using Directories	398
	Opening Directories	398
	Closing Directories	399
	Viewing Directory Contents	400
	Changing the Directory	401
	Creating New Directories	402
	Removing Directories	403
	Using File and Directory Operations	404
	Verifying Files and Directories	404
	Changing Permissions In Your Application	405
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