Subject: ANNOUNCE: CGI::Debug 0.03 alpha
From: Jonas Liljegren <[email-masked]>
Date: 3 May 1999 15:25:26 GMT
Newsgroups: comp.lang.perl.announce,comp.lang.perl.modules

CGI::Debug  v0.03 alpha   -   module for debugging CGI programs.

NOT on CPAN. Get it here: 
        http://paranormal.o.se/perl/dist/CGI-Debug-0_03.tar.gz

Would you find this module useful?  Please mail me.

It's goal is to catch ALL errors and display them, along with useful
data like form data, cookies, etc. You should never see the "Internal
Server Error" message.

The module will not change the behaviour of your cgi program.  As long
as your program works, you will not notice the modules presence. The
only ting you will have to do is "use CGI::Debug". Then your program
works, you can just remove the line.

It's highly configurable. Choose what functions to use.

 Report
 o  warnings
 o  runtime errors
 o  compilation errors
 o  faulty HTTP headers
 o  Form data
 o  Cookies
 o  Enviroment
 o  Elapsed time in subseconds

 Report
 o  to Browser
 o  to error log
 o  to file
 o  as mail to owner and/or others

 Report
 o  if warnings occured
 o  if program died
 o  always

Configure with cookies, or enviroment variables, or on the use
line.  This makes it possible 

EXAMPLES

Only report errors:
    use CGI::Debug( report => 'errors' );

Do not bother about warnings:
    use CGI::Debug( on => 'fatals' );

Allways show complete debugging info:
    use CGI::Debug( report => 'everything', on => 'anything' );

Send debug data as mail to file owner:
    use CGI::Debug( to => 'mail' );

REQUIRES

 o  CGI
 o  perl 5.004

TODO

 o Clean up and generalize configuration

 o Test it on non *nix platforms

 o Make it work with mod_perl

 o Implement HTML_compliance controls (using HTML::validate)

 o Implement function for debugging in a separate window

 o Enable custom responses for visitors on program failure

AUTHOR

  Jonas Liljegren <[email-masked]>

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