Simple Perl Example
Flexible Web Page Generation
Example #3: Random Image Program
This perl program grabs the names of some graphic images that are stored
in another directory. It puts the names into an array, and then randomly
selects one of those images. It then generates a web page with the
random graphic. This program links to the other example, gallery.pl.
View the Source Code:
Example #4: Form Gallery Program
This program demonstrates some of the power of perl in generating
dynamic web pages. It reads the header part of the HTML document from
a file. An advantage here is that if a series of web pages all
have the same format, this information can be maintained in
one file that when updated, will be applied to all pages.
This program also uses the same technique to grab the list of file
names from another directory, but this time it generates a full
ordered list of entries on the web page using a looping variable.
This program links back to Example #3.
View the Source Code:
Click here to run the programs and see the output: