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NAME
PML (PML Markup Lanuage)
SYNOPSIS
use PML;
my $parser = new PML;
$parser->parse('/path/to/somefile');
my $output = $parser->execute;
DESCRIPTION
PML is a powerful text preprocessor. It supports such things as
variables, flow control and macros. After preprocessing a text file it
returns the result to your Perl script. The power comes from the fact
that you can even embed Perl code into the file that is getting
processed.
PML was originaly designed to seperate a Perl CGI script and the HTML
that it generates. What sets PML apart from other similar solutions is
that it is not just a web solution using mod_perl. You can parse PML
files from the command line using the supplied pml script or from within
your Perl scripts using the PML Perl module.
If you do have mod_perl, you can use the supplied mod_pml Apache module
to parse PML files from within the Apache web server.
EXAMPLE PML FILE
<html>
<head>
<title>${title}</title>
</head>
<body>
@if(${title}) {
<h1>${title}</h1>
}
</body>
</html>
DOCUMENTATION
Documentation is supplied with this module, in the doc directory.
language.html: describes the language.
pml-modules.html: tells you how to write a PML module
pml-custom-app.html: tells you how to extend PML from within your