Perl script as template

[Daniel Morissette]

I'm not sure what you're trying to do exactly (i.e. why you need to mix
MapServer templates and MapScript), but there is also the PHP MapScript
module that might allow you to do what you want.  Then your PHP page
would be your HTML template and you would have access to MapScript.


Zolla Michalak wrote:
> 
> Hmm. Interesting idea, but I don't think that would do what I want. I need
> the perl code because I'm using the mapscript perl module. Also, it looks
> like the template file needs a .html extension.
> 
> -zm
> 
> On Thu, 8 Jun 2000, Doyon, Jean-Francois wrote:
> 
> > I realize Perl would be nice, but have you tried some form of Parsed HTML
> > like PHP or ColdFusion ? Might do the trick ...
> >
> > J.F.
> >
> > > ----------
> > > From:       Zolla Michalak[SMTP:michalak at hwr.arizona.edu]
> > > Sent:       Thursday, June 08, 2000 2:24 PM
> > > To:         mapserver-users at lists.gis.umn.edu
> > > Subject:    Perl script as template
> > >
> > >
> > > I have a suggestion for future versions of mapserver, which I think might
> > > be easy to implement. Correct me if I'm out to lunch.
> > >
> > > I would like to be able to use a perl script (which generates html) for
> > > the template file. Looks like it is catching my file name (.pl file) at
> > > the TEMPLATE line in the map file, and rejecting it because of its
> > > extention even before it looks at the perl.
> > >
> > > Do you think this would be a possibility?
> > >
> > > -zolla michalak
> > >
> >

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