Thanks all. Makes sense.
Guess I'm probably just going to have one cgi call the other (probably from
within an IMG tag).
Again, I'll let you know how it all turns out.
--Alex
On 12/6/05, Ben Tilly <btilly-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On 12/6/05, Alex Brelsfoard
> <alex.brelsfoard-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > Does anyone who has/does use GD::Graph know if there's an easy way to
> embed
> > the output graphs into HTML.
> > Basically I'd like to be able to print a bunch of HTML, then the graph,
> then
> > some more HTML.
> > I've got the grph coming out all fine and dandy.
>
> You have to print out HTML that includes an embedded image, and make
> the URL for that image be served by your program that prints out the
> graph.
>
> One warning if you shell out in a CGI script: be ABSOLUTELY sure that
> you send headers before calling the shell. A very common mistake is
> to print your header then call the shell, not realizing that your
> print just saved data in a buffer and then waits to send it until
> either the buffer is full or your program ends. The result is that in
> your code you see the header printed before the graph, but Apache
> receives graph before the header and gets upset at you.
>
> Cheers,
> Ben
>
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