is this possible?

[wazilian1]

ok, we just switched our web host and they don't support php which is what all our server side scripts were written in. can perl/cgi handle action "post" from an html "form", apply the data in the form to be sent in an email to us, and submit an html page back to the user? just want to know if this is possible and is it simplier than that god awful asp crap. thanks in advance. wazilian
King of Wazil

 

[sleipnir214]

Yes, it can do it.

Yes, it will do it better than ASP (though, to be honest, that's not saying much). If you look at CPAN (the Comprehensive Perl Archive Network,

http://www.cpan.org),

you can find modules to do nearly anything you can imagine with perl. Want the best answers? Ask the best questions:

http://www.tuxedo.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html

TANSTAAFL!

 

[tviman]

The difference between what ASP can do & what perl can do is negligible. Remember that AASP can only run on a Windows IIS server, whic has been plagued with security holes. You're far better off with perl. There's always a better way...

 

[tanderso]

Well, any Turing complete language can do literally anything that any other Turing complete language can do. So, basically "can" any language do this or that thing is a silly question... the real question is "how" to do it and "how easy" is it. In Perl, everything is easy
Sincerely,

Tom Anderson
CEO, Order amid Chaos, Inc.

http://www.oac-design.com

 

[icrf]

Let me add another pro-perl vote to the stack. Despite what others might say (I know a python guy that says many nasty things about perl), perl can do pretty much anything, and it's not difficult to work with. Coming from php, I think you won't have many problems at all. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
...but I'm just a C man trying to see the light

 

[icrf]

One more thing I came across: thread219-417003 does a little compare and contrast of perl and php's strengths and weaknesses, as well as specializations. Might be of interest. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
...but I'm just a C man trying to see the light