What does "use WWW::Curl::Easy;" mean

[savoyesmith]

Hi, I am absolute Perl beginner.
I need to use cURL.
I think i wrote the script ok, but i dont even know how to invoke cURL

So i add this at top of pl file

use

http://WWW::Curl::Easy;

This causes crash.

What does
use

http://WWW::Curl::Easy;

mean????
Is this a path. Do i need to know where cURL is installed?
If i install to A/B/C do i say
use A::B::C::Curl::Easy ???
I cannot find a tutorial that explains "use"

How do I install cURL if it isnt already?

 

[audiopro]

I am absolute Perl beginner

You have certainly jumped in at the deep end.

You are calling a module.
Is this local or on a remote server?

Keith

http://www.studiosoft.co.uk

 

[savoyesmith]

well, i think remote.
My friend gave me the ftp to his website.
I see a form processed with perl.
In the perl file I want to use cURL to send the form data (for example a visitors email) to a remote service (myemma.com to be exact. They do email marketing)

The Myemma.com customer support show how to do it in PHP.
But I want to do it with Perl since the form is processed by Perl.
So I browsed around in Perl websites and found
use

http://WWW::Curl::Easy;

But it causes a problem.
Problem is I dont even know what it means?
How do I know if the website even has cURL, and how to I use the cURL module?

 

[audiopro]

How do I know if the website even has cURL

Perl modules are individual files which are installed onto the server. Before you go any further, check if this module is actually installed on the server. If you are on shared access it may be possible to install the module locally but it is not an easy thing to do.

There are other, more conventional methods for sending emails from a Perl script but a certain amount of learning will have to take place before you could do it. There are ready made scripts out there which will do the job but you need to learn how to run them.

Keith

http://www.studiosoft.co.uk