NAME

       RefDB::CGI - CGI support for RefDB Perl scripts

SYNOPSIS

         use RefDB::CGI;

         if (RefDB::CGI::check_cgi("GET") == 0) {
             $template = RefDB::CGI::load_html("/usr/local/share/myapp/template.html");
         }

DESCRIPTION

       Provides functions important to run RefDB scripts as CGI applications.

FEEDBACK

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AUTHOR

       Markus Hoenicka, markus@mhoenicka.de

SEE ALSO

       This module is part of the RefDB package, a reference manager and bibliography tool for
       markup languages. Please visit http://refdb.sourceforge.net for further information.

package functions

   check_cgi
       Title   : check_cgi

       Usage   : $cgi = check_cgi($mode);

       Function: Checks whether app runs as a CGI app accepting GET or POST data

       Argument: mode: either "GET" or "POST"

       Returns : 0 if CGI app called properly
                 1 if incorrect mode
                 2 if missing content length of POST data
                 3 if not CGI at all

   load_html
       Title   : load_html

       Usage   : $template = load_html("full/path/to/template.html")

       Function: Reads a HTML template into a string

       Returns : string if file was found, undef if not