NAME¶
CGI::SSI - Use SSI from CGI scripts
SYNOPSIS¶
# autotie STDOUT or any other open filehandle
use CGI::SSI (autotie => 'STDOUT');
print $shtml; # browser sees resulting HTML
# or tie it yourself to any open filehandle
use CGI::SSI;
open(FILE,'+>'.$html_file) or die $!;
$ssi = tie(*FILE, 'CGI::SSI', filehandle => 'FILE');
print FILE $shtml; # HTML arrives in the file
# or use the object-oriented interface
use CGI::SSI;
$ssi = CGI::SSI->new();
$ssi->if('"$varname" =~ /^foo/');
$html .= $ssi->process($shtml);
$ssi->else();
$html .= $ssi->include(file => $filename);
$ssi->endif();
print $ssi->exec(cgi => $url);
print $ssi->flastmod(file => $filename);
#
# or roll your own favorite flavor of SSI
#
package CGI::SSI::MySSI;
use CGI::SSI;
@CGI::SSI::MySSI::ISA = qw(CGI::SSI);
sub include {
my($self,$type,$file_or_url) = @_;
# my idea of include goes something like this...
return $html;
}
1;
__END__
#
# or use .htaccess to include all files in a dir
#
# in .htaccess
Action cgi-ssi /cgi-bin/ssi/process.cgi
<FilesMatch "\.shtml">
SetHandler cgi-ssi
</FilesMatch>
# in /cgi-bin/ssi/process.cgi
#!/usr/local/bin/perl
use CGI::SSI;
CGI::SSI->handler();
__END__
DESCRIPTION¶
CGI::SSI is meant to be used as an easy way to filter shtml through CGI scripts
in a loose imitation of Apache's mod_include. If you're using Apache, you may
want to use either mod_include or the Apache::SSI module instead of CGI::SSI.
Limitations in a CGI script's knowledge of how the server behaves make some
SSI directives impossible to imitate from a CGI script.
Most of the time, you'll simply want to filter shtml through STDOUT or some
other open filehandle. "autotie" is available for STDOUT, but in
general, you'll want to tie other filehandles yourself:
$ssi = tie(*FH, 'CGI::SSI', filehandle => 'FH');
print FH $shtml;
Note that you'll need to pass the name of the filehandle to "tie()" as
a named parameter. Other named parameters are possible, as detailed below.
These parameters are the same as those passed to the "new()" method.
However, "new()" will not tie a filehandle for you.
CGI::SSI has it's own flavor of SSI. Test expressions are Perlish. You may
create and use multiple CGI::SSI objects; they will not step on each others'
variables.
Object-Oriented methods use the same general format so as to imitate SSI
directives:
<!--#include virtual="/foo/bar.footer" -->
would be
$ssi->include(virtual => '/foo/bar.footer');
likewise,
<!--#exec cgi="/cgi-bin/foo.cgi" -->
would be
$ssi->exec(cgi => '/cgi-bin/foo.cgi');
Usually, if there's no chance for ambiguity, the first argument may be left out:
<!--#echo var="var_name" -->
could be either
$ssi->echo(var => 'var_name');
or
$ssi->echo('var_name');
Likewise,
$ssi->set(var => $varname, value => $value)
is the same as
$ssi->set($varname => $value)
- $ssi->new([%args])
- Creates a new CGI::SSI object. The following are valid (optional)
arguments:
DOCUMENT_URI => $doc_uri,
DOCUMENT_NAME => $doc_name,
DOCUMENT_ROOT => $doc_root,
errmsg => $oops,
sizefmt => ('bytes' || 'abbrev'),
timefmt => $time_fmt,
MAX_RECURSIONS => $default_100, # when to stop infinite loops w/ error msg
COOKIE_JAR => HTTP::Cookies->new,
- $ssi->config($type, $arg)
- $type is either 'sizefmt', 'timefmt', or 'errmsg'. $arg is similar to
those of the SSI "spec", referenced below.
- $ssi->set($varname => $value)
- Sets variables internal to the CGI::SSI object. (Not to be confused with
the normal variables your script uses!) These variables may be used in
test expressions, and retreived using $ssi->echo($varname). These
variables also will not be available in external, included resources.
- $ssi->echo($varname)
- Returns the value of the variable named $varname. Such variables may be
set manually using the "set()" method. There are also several
built-in variables:
DOCUMENT_URI - the URI of this document
DOCUMENT_NAME - the name of the current document
DATE_GMT - the same as 'gmtime'
DATE_LOCAL - the same as 'localtime'
LAST_MODIFIED - the last time this script was modified
- $ssi->exec($type, $arg)
- $type is either 'cmd' or 'cgi'. $arg is similar to the SSI
"spec" (see below).
- $ssi->include($type, $arg)
- Similar to "exec", but "virtual" and "file"
are the two valid types. SSI variables will not be available outside of
your CGI::SSI object, regardless of whether the virtual resource is on the
local system or a remote system.
- $ssi->flastmod($type, $filename)
- Similar to "include".
- $ssi->fsize($type, $filename)
- Same as "flastmod".
- $ssi->printenv
- Returns the environment similar to Apache's mod_include.
- $ssi->cookie_jar([$jar])
- Returns the currently-used HTTP::Cookies object. You may optionally pass
in a new HTTP::Cookies object. The jar is used for web requests in exec
cgi and include virtual directives.
FLOW-CONTROL METHODS¶
The following methods may be used to test expressions. During a
"block" where the test $expr is false, nothing will be returned (or
printed, if tied).
- $ssi->if($expr)
- The expr can be anything Perl, but care should be taken. This causes
problems:
$ssi->set(varname => "foo");
<!--#if expr="'\$varname' =~ /^foo$/" -->ok<!--#endif -->
The $varname is expanded as you would expect. (We escape it so as to use the
$varname within the CGI::SSI object, instead of that within our progam.)
But the $/ inside the regex is also expanded. This is fixed by escaping
the "$":
<!--#if expr="'\$varname' =~ /^value\$/" -->ok<!--#endif -->
The expressions used in if and elif tags/calls are tricky due to the number
of escapes required. In some cases, you'll need to write "\\\\"
to mean "\".
- $ssi->elif($expr)
- $ssi->else
- $ssi->endif
SEE ALSO¶
"Apache::SSI" and the SSI "spec" at
http://www.apache.org/docs/mod/mod_include.html
AUTHOR¶
(c) 2000-2005 James Tolley <james@bitperfect.com> All Rights Reserved.
This is free software. You may copy and/or modify it under the same terms as
perl itself.
CREDITS¶
Many Thanks to Corey Wilson and Fitz Elliot for bug reports and fixes.