NAME

BW::CGI - Simple OO CGI

SYNOPSIS

  use BW::CGI;
  my $o = BW::CGI->new;

METHODS

new( [ property => value, ... ] )

Constructs a new BW::CGI object.

Returns a blessed BW::CGI object reference. Returns undef (VOID) if the object cannot be created.

Properties can be set by passing their values in a hash or hashref like this:

  my $o = BW::CGI->new ( content_type => 'text/plain' );

Or by hashref, like this:

  my $properties = { content_type => 'text/plain' };
  my $o = BW::CGI->new ( $properties );

vars

Returns the parsed results of the query string as a hashref, or undef.

qnames

Returns a list of query variable names. (q_names is an alias for qnames.)

qv( name [, index] )

Returns the value of the query variable name. If there is more than one variable with the same name a list will be returned, or if index is provided, the value in the specified list position. index is zero-based.

linkback

Returns a URI for use as a link back in the form action attribute.

set_status( code [, message] )

Sets the HTTP "Status" code and, optionally, the associated message.

set_cookie( params )

Sets a cookie. Must be called before headers are sent (see set_header). params is a hashref with the cookie parameters: name, value, expires, path, domain, secure, httponly.

get_cookie( name )

Returns the value of the named cookie.

clear_cookie( params )

Clears the specified cookie from the browser by setting an empty cookie. The same parameter rules as in set_cookie apply.

p( string ) print( string )

Prints string to the client. Sends the headers first, if they haven't already been sent.

redirect( destination )

Sends an HTTP redirect (status code 302) to the client with Location set to destination.

set_header( key, value )

Sets header key to value. Must be called before the first call to p (print) as the headers are sent to the client at that time.

p_headers

Sends the headers that have been set with set_header.

header_date( time )

Returns a header-ish date from a unix-epoch time value.

html_encode( string )

Returns an encoded copy of string with all non-matching /[^a-z0-9_\-\.,?:;\(\)\@! ]/ characters replaced with numeric HTML entities.

url_encode( string )

Returns an encoded copy of string with all non-matching /[^a-z0-9_]/ characters replaced with URL-encoded hexadecimal values (e.g., %20 for space).

url_decode( string )

Returns a URL-decoded copy of string.

error

Returns and clears the object error message.

PROPERTIES

Properties can be set or retrieved by using their name as a method, e.g.:

  $o->content_type( 'text/plain' );
  my $ct = $o->content_type;

The available properties for this method are:

content_type

The Content-type: header that gets sent to the client.

host

Value of HTTP_HOST environment variable. Used for creating links back to self, e.g., in the "action" attribute of form.

max_content_length

The maximum content length allowed from POST method queries. Defaults to 1MB (1,0485,776).

AUTHOR

Written by Bill Weinman

COPYRIGHT

Copyright (c) 1995-2008 The BearHeart Group, LLC

HISTORY

  2009-11-04 bw     -- added linkback method
  2008-03-26 bw     -- updated and documented
  2007-10-20 bw     -- initial release.