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iaresean

iaresean

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Mar 24, 2003
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Hey all I am busy converting my code to make it a bit more readable. I am changing all my print statements that contain html code by removing the print and placing my html code between
print << EOHTML....
EOHTML

Changing for eg this:
print &quot;<H1>HELLO</H1><P>&quot;;
print &quot;<B>Welcome</B> to the site!&quot;;

To this:
print << EOHTML;
<H1>HELLO</H1><P>
<B>Welcome</B> to the site!
EOHTML

But I have a problem, as soon as I started applying this I got the following error:
Can't find string terminator &quot;EOHTML&quot; anywhere before EOF at /home/httpd/cgi-bin/cadmin.cgi line 1368.

Here is my code:

sub setupParkedForm(){
print <<EOHTML;
<BODY>
<H1>$TXT{'create_new_parked_domain'}</H1><P>

<form name=&quot;parked_domain_form&quot; method=&quot;post&quot; action=&quot;cadmin.cgi&quot;>
$TXT{'which_domain_name'}
<input name=&quot;domainname&quot; type=&quot;text&quot; id=&quot;domainname&quot; value=&quot;$domainname&quot;><P>
$TXT{'which_soa_value'}
<SELECT name=&quot;soavalue&quot; value=&quot;$soavalue&quot;>
<OPTION>com
<OPTION>de
</SELECT><P>
$TXT{'which_login_name'}
<input name=&quot;login&quot; type=&quot;text&quot; id=&quot;login&quot; value=&quot;$login&quot;><P>
$TXT{'which_login_to_park_on'}
<input name=&quot;parkedlogin&quot; type=&quot;text&quot; id=&quot;parkedlogin&quot; value=&quot;$parkedlogin&quot;><P>
$TXT{'which_password'}
<input name=&quot;password&quot; type=&quot;text&quot; id=&quot;password&quot;><P>
$TXT{'which_own_folder'}
<input name=&quot;separater_ordner&quot; type=&quot;text&quot; id=&quot;separater_ordner&quot; value=&quot;$separater_ordner&quot;><P>
<input type=&quot;hidden&quot; name=&quot;menuoption&quot; value=&quot;2&quot;>
<input type=&quot;submit&quot; name=&quot;SubmitParkedDomain&quot; value=&quot;$TXT{'submit_the_parked_domain'}&quot;>
</form>

<P><A HREF=&quot;cadmin.cgi&quot;>$TXT{'back_to_main'}</A>
</BODY>
EOHTML
}


Could the error have something to do with using a sub procedure?

I transfered this exact code into a blank script without the sub and it worked. That script looks like this:

#!/usr/bin/perl

print &quot;Content-type: text/html\n\n&quot;;

print <<EOHTML;
<BODY>
<H1>$TXT{'create_new_parked_domain'}</H1><P>

<form name=&quot;parked_domain_form&quot; method=&quot;post&quot; action=&quot;cadmin.cgi&quot;>
$TXT{'which_domain_name'}
<input name=&quot;domainname&quot; type=&quot;text&quot; id=&quot;domainname&quot; value=&quot;$domainname&quot;><P>
$TXT{'which_soa_value'}
<SELECT name=&quot;soavalue&quot; value=&quot;$soavalue&quot;>
<OPTION>com
<OPTION>de
</SELECT><P>
$TXT{'which_login_name'}
<input name=&quot;login&quot; type=&quot;text&quot; id=&quot;login&quot; value=&quot;$login&quot;><P>
$TXT{'which_login_to_park_on'}
<input name=&quot;parkedlogin&quot; type=&quot;text&quot; id=&quot;parkedlogin&quot; value=&quot;$parkedlogin&quot;><P>
$TXT{'which_password'}
<input name=&quot;password&quot; type=&quot;text&quot; id=&quot;password&quot;><P>
$TXT{'which_own_folder'}
<input name=&quot;separater_ordner&quot; type=&quot;text&quot; id=&quot;separater_ordner&quot; value=&quot;$separater_ordner&quot;><P>
<input type=&quot;hidden&quot; name=&quot;menuoption&quot; value=&quot;2&quot;>
<input type=&quot;submit&quot; name=&quot;SubmitParkedDomain&quot; value=&quot;$TXT{'submit_the_parked_domain'}&quot;>
</form>

<P><A HREF=&quot;cadmin.cgi&quot;>$TXT{'back_to_main'}</A>
</BODY>

EOHTML


Could it possibly have something to do with me using the CGI module in my original script. Any ideas. Please let me know. For now I am gonna leave my script as is till I solve this problem.

A big thanks to anyone who even took the time to read through this long winded post! ;)
 
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put a hard return after the EOHTML and it will (should) be fine - I checked it & it did work


Regards
Duncan
 
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Do you mean a carriage return i.e. Hit the enter key?
If so, I tried this and it still didn't work. Give me an example if you can.
Thank you.
 
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Damn I just found my problem:

Instead of this:
sub setupParkedForm(){
print <<EOHTML;
<BODY>
<H1>$TXT{'create_new_parked_domain'}</H1><P>

<form name=&quot;parked_domain_form&quot; method=&quot;post&quot; action=&quot;cadmin.cgi&quot;>
$TXT{'which_domain_name'}
<input name=&quot;domainname&quot; type=&quot;text&quot; id=&quot;domainname&quot; value=&quot;$domainname&quot;><P>
$TXT{'which_soa_value'}
<SELECT name=&quot;soavalue&quot; value=&quot;$soavalue&quot;>
<OPTION>com
<OPTION>de
</SELECT><P>
$TXT{'which_login_name'}
<input name=&quot;login&quot; type=&quot;text&quot; id=&quot;login&quot; value=&quot;$login&quot;><P>
$TXT{'which_login_to_park_on'}
<input name=&quot;parkedlogin&quot; type=&quot;text&quot; id=&quot;parkedlogin&quot; value=&quot;$parkedlogin&quot;><P>
$TXT{'which_password'}
<input name=&quot;password&quot; type=&quot;text&quot; id=&quot;password&quot;><P>
$TXT{'which_own_folder'}
<input name=&quot;separater_ordner&quot; type=&quot;text&quot; id=&quot;separater_ordner&quot; value=&quot;$separater_ordner&quot;><P>
<input type=&quot;hidden&quot; name=&quot;menuoption&quot; value=&quot;2&quot;>
<input type=&quot;submit&quot; name=&quot;SubmitParkedDomain&quot; value=&quot;$TXT{'submit_the_parked_domain'}&quot;>
</form>

<P><A HREF=&quot;cadmin.cgi&quot;>$TXT{'back_to_main'}</A>
</BODY>
EOHTML
}

It had to be:

sub setupParkedForm(){
print <<EOHTML;
<BODY>
<H1>$TXT{'create_new_parked_domain'}</H1><P>

<form name=&quot;parked_domain_form&quot; method=&quot;post&quot; action=&quot;cadmin.cgi&quot;>
$TXT{'which_domain_name'}
<input name=&quot;domainname&quot; type=&quot;text&quot; id=&quot;domainname&quot; value=&quot;$domainname&quot;><P>
$TXT{'which_soa_value'}
<SELECT name=&quot;soavalue&quot; value=&quot;$soavalue&quot;>
<OPTION>com
<OPTION>de
</SELECT><P>
$TXT{'which_login_name'}
<input name=&quot;login&quot; type=&quot;text&quot; id=&quot;login&quot; value=&quot;$login&quot;><P>
$TXT{'which_login_to_park_on'}
<input name=&quot;parkedlogin&quot; type=&quot;text&quot; id=&quot;parkedlogin&quot; value=&quot;$parkedlogin&quot;><P>
$TXT{'which_password'}
<input name=&quot;password&quot; type=&quot;text&quot; id=&quot;password&quot;><P>
$TXT{'which_own_folder'}
<input name=&quot;separater_ordner&quot; type=&quot;text&quot; id=&quot;separater_ordner&quot; value=&quot;$separater_ordner&quot;><P>
<input type=&quot;hidden&quot; name=&quot;menuoption&quot; value=&quot;2&quot;>
<input type=&quot;submit&quot; name=&quot;SubmitParkedDomain&quot; value=&quot;$TXT{'submit_the_parked_domain'}&quot;>
</form>

<P><A HREF=&quot;cadmin.cgi&quot;>$TXT{'back_to_main'}</A>
</BODY>
EOHTML
}

I.E. The EOHTML has to have no spaces before it. I think if their are spaces before it it is included in the string and the browser is unable to find an exact match of &quot;EOHTML&quot; instead it finds &quot; EOHTML&quot;.

Thanks for the help though.
 
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Your 2nd example in your 1st posting didn't have any spaces before the EOHTML - but the 1st one did - I used the 2nd one so I didn't replicate that problem

Duncan
 
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Thanks anyway duncdude, I am sure you would have solved it anyways.
 
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Yea, thats one problem with html forums, unless you wrap your examples in pre tags you won't get the real picture.

 
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Good point siberian - I hadn't thought of that!

Cheers
Duncan
 
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