The Executer

The Executer is a bit more advanced than its partner script (The Includer), it will grab the results of ANY web file (CGI, java, html, etc.) on ANY web site, by opening a connection (using the LWP module), and printing it anywhere you want using a simple Javascript tag. It not only does what SSI can (for servers that don't have it), but it can grab contents from any web site too! That's something you can't do with SSI.

Note: If you only want to grab normal (non-executable) files that are on YOUR server only, you would be better off using The Includer. It has less requirements and runs faster.



Features:



Grabs the results* of any file anywhere on the Internet!

Prints contents in Javascript friendly text so that you can use a small Javascript code to include the contents on any page.

Can ocasionally back up the html it grabs, so that it can display it next time it is required (and doesn't have to connect to a web site every time you run this CGI).

A better solution to SSI and the limits of The Includer!

* The Includer grabs the contents of a file, but The Executer grabs the results. The difference is that The Executer will grab the output from a CGI script (or even an HTML page with javascript on it), and print THAT. If you used The Includer to grab a CGI, it would just display the Perl code to you (not useful) .