Embperl question

[dogdog]

Setup my apache with mod_perl and with Embperl::HTML

I've written my embedded perl into my webpage using the
[- -] tags to enclose some socket connection perl. Using
IO::Socket::Inet and I've setup the
connection according to some online documentation. It all
works great from the command line.

Now that I've embedded that same code into a webpage with the
above mentioned tags I'm getting this error

"Cant call method send on an undefined variable"

The line is in reference to my send command where I send
a command to the remote server.
I put in a define like this so I'm not sure why it would
fail to send.

$defined_variable="command";
$socket->send($defined_variable);

Any reason why it fails with a socket connect?

Also, I would like to use embperl to make calls to a text box and
or "radio" type buttons.
Where as I would have the user type in a command and hit submit,
then it would process the command and send it to the server plus
provide back the setting in the text box. Could
I get some ideas on how to write this in the html. I have
the perl scripts that work from command line but I have no
clue on how to put it into html. Plus I havent been able to
find anything on google or in
a reference for this while using embperl.

TIA
dogdog

 

[Joe Smith]

"Cant call method send on an undefined variable"
Any reason why it fails with a socket connect?
$defined_variable="command";
$socket->send($defined_variable);

You're focusing on the wrong thing. Add this line between those two:
die "Socket creation failed" unless defined $socket;

Any further questions should be posted to comp.lang.perl.misc,
not this newsgroup (comp.lang.perl).
-Joe

 

[dogdog]

You're focusing on the wrong thing. Add this line between those two:
die "Socket creation failed" unless defined $socket;

Any further questions should be posted to comp.lang.perl.misc,
not this newsgroup (comp.lang.perl).
-Joe

joe,

thanks for the response, i'll subscribe to that newsgroup. I have
alot of questions related to perl and how I can better use it
with webpages.

thanks again
dogdog