The CGI/PERL Cookbook

Designed to teach the basics of CGI programming necessary for highly interactive web sites, this volume offers line-by-line breakdowns of seven CGI programs including a search engine, password protection, advanced form processing, a shopping cart, customized bulk e-mail, and advanced visitor feedback. Also included is a library of 13 sub routines for e-mail support, file encoding, credit card validation, e-mail address checking, error handling, and text encryption. You also get a usage guide, installation instructions, and professional CGI and Perl programming tricks and customization tips for each program and subroutine. The CD-ROM is a gold mine of ready-to-use software and valuable information. You get all the CGI programs from the book; the complete Matt's Script Archive; a collection of the best scripts from across the Web; the complete Perl programming manual; and the most recent Windows, UNIX, and MacOS versions of Perl.