Yes, that's roundabout

japhy — Tue, 21 Nov 2000 18:17:24 +0000

I was referring to inserting binary data into an HTML page and expecting it to appear as an image. There are a multitude of ways to link to an image, of course.

Mark Hensler — Tue, 21 Nov 2000 17:44:30 +0000

japhy-
there is a round about way to insert images into HTML...
you will use an upload script to get the image to a dir on the server. The upload script will then exec script2..

script2 will take a template html page or perhaps a live one, pattern match it, and insert img tags with the path to the just uploaded image.

Tah dah, you have just changed the image on my html page!

Straighten out a few things

japhy — Tue, 21 Nov 2000 13:28:07 +0000

You have to upload the image into a file -- you can't just insert JPEG or GIF or bitmap data into an HTML file midstream.

Next, to make sure you can do this easily, I'd suggest using the standard CGI.pm module. This will make your life very easy. And make sure you have a directory in which you can create files! And make sure your form has the proper method (POST) and the proper enctype ("multipart/form-data").

Mark Hensler — Tue, 21 Nov 2000 07:21:23 +0000

Welcome to TWF!

If your adventurous, you can read about how to do it, and make your own (custom fit). Or if your lazy, you can download a free one..

http://hotscripts.com
http://resourceindex.com

have you searched for this?

Suzanne — Mon, 20 Nov 2000 05:56:30 +0000

There are many file uploader scripts, and tutorials, on the web...

http://www.perlarchive.com
http://www.webreview.com

Both of those urls will give you many links that you will find helpful, as well as explain how the uploader works.

Cheers!

Suzanne