Extratags(3pm)						User Contributed Perl Documentation					    Extratags(3pm)

NAME

       CGI::Extratags - Useful Extensions for the CGI Module

SYNOPSIS

	 use CGI::Extratags;
	 $cgi = new CGI::Extratags;

	 print $cgi -> email ('racke@linuxia.de');

	 print $cgi -> jump ('CONTACT', 'contact us');
	 print $cgi -> mark ('CONTACT', $cgi -> h2 ('How to contact us'));

	 print $cgi -> row ('Date', 18, 1, 1966);
	 print $cgi -> recall ('Debian CD', artnum => '0-123456');

DESCRIPTION

       CGI::Extratags adds several useful methods to the CGI class.

       email ADDRESS
	     print $cgi -> email ('racke@linuxia.de');

	   Produces HTML code for a link to an email ADDRESS.

       jump MARK TEXT
	     print $cgi -> jump ('CONTACT', 'contact us');

	   Produces HTML code for a link pointing to a target within the current document.

       mark NAME TEXT
	     print $cgi -> mark ('CONTACT', $cgi -> h2 ('How to contact us'));

	   Generates target NAME for hyperlinks.

       row [ITEM ...]
	     print $cgi -> row ('Date', 18, 1, 1966);

	   Produces HTML code for a table row with ITEM arguments as cell contents.

       recall TEXT [NAME [VALUE]] ...
	     foreach my $num (sort (keys %artmap))
	       {
		   print $cgi -> recall ($artmap{$num}, artnum => $num);
		   print $cgi -> br;
	       }

	   Produces a link to the script itself labeled with TEXT. The NAME/VALUE pairs will be passed as parameters.

AUTHOR

       Stefan Hornburg, racke@linuxia.de

SEE ALSO

       perl(1), URI::Escape(3), CGI(3).

perl v5.8.4							    2004-07-11							    Extratags(3pm)