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Perl CGI cookies - How to get and set cookies in Perl CGI programs

In Part 1 of this series, we provided some background information about cookies, discussing the problem of state maintenance in web applications. We discussed how cookies can help solve this problem, and outlined the drawbacks and limitations of cookies. We even discussed a few examples of how you might use cookies in a customizable web site or e-commerce site.

By Alvin Alexander on May 18, 2011

Perl URL - an easy way to download URL contents

Perl URL FAQ: What is the easiest way to download the contents of a URL with Perl?

The easiest way I know to download the contents of a URL (i.e., "http://...") using Perl is to use the libwww-perl library, LWP.pm.

Once you have that Perl module installed, the code to download a URL looks like this:

By Alvin Alexander on August 6, 2011
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