---
name: "Text::MicroMason::ServerPages"
section: "3pm"
platform: "linux"
package: "libtext-micromason-perl"
version: "2.23-5"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/Text::MicroMason::ServerPages"
---

# Text::MicroMason::ServerPages(3pm)

Alternate Syntax like ASP/JSP Templates

## NAME

Text::MicroMason::ServerPages - Alternate Syntax like ASP/JSP Templates

## SYNOPSIS

Instead of using this class directly, pass its name to be mixed in:

```
    use Text::MicroMason;
    my $mason = Text::MicroMason::Base->new( -ServerPages );
```

Use the standard compile and execute methods to parse and evaluate templates:

```
  print $mason->compile( text=>$template )->( @%args );
  print $mason->execute( text=>$template, @args );
```

Server Pages syntax provides another way to mix Perl into a text template:

```
    <% my $name = $ARGS{name};
      if ( $name eq 'Dave' ) {  %>
      I'm sorry <%= $name %>, I'm afraid I can't do that right now.
    <% } else {
        my $hour = (localtime)[2];
        my $daypart = ( $hour > 11 ) ? 'afternoon' : 'morning';
      %>
      Good <%= $daypart %>, <%= $name %>!
    <% } %>
```

## DESCRIPTION

This subclass replaces MicroMason's normal lexer with one that supports a syntax similar to Active Server Pages and Java Server Pages.

### Compatibility with Apache::ASP

Apache::ASP is a full-featured application server toolkit with many fatures, of which only the templating functionality is emulated.

This is not a drop-in replacement for Apache::ASP, as the implementation is quite different, but it should be able to process some existing templates without major changes.

The following features of EmbPerl syntax are supported:

- •

  Angle-bracket markup tags

The following syntax features of are **not** supported:

- •

  Dynamic XML/XSL processing.

- •

  Web server objects such as `$Session`, `$Request`, `$Response`, and `$Application`.

- •

  Application events such as Application\_OnStart, Script\_OnStart, and other gloga.asa features.

### Template Syntax

The following elements are recognized by the ServerPages lexer:

- •

  \<% perl statements %\>

  Arbitrary Perl code to be executed at this point in the template.

- •

  \<%= perl expression %\>

  A Perl expression to be evaluated and included in the output.

- •

  \<%& file, arguments %\>

  Includes an external template file.

- •

  \<%-- comment --%\>

  Documentation or inactive code to be skipped over silently. Can also be used to quickly comment out part of a template.

- •

  \<%*name*\> ... \</%*name*\>

  Supported block names are: 'perl', 'args', 'once', 'init', 'cleanup', and 'doc'.

### Private Methods

- lex\_token

  ```
    ( $type, $value ) = $mason->lex_token();
  ```

  Lexer for \<% ... %\> tags.

  Attempts to parse a token from the template text stored in the global `$_` and returns a token type and value. Returns an empty list if unable to parse further due to an error.

## SEE ALSO

For an overview of this templating framework, see Text::MicroMason.

This is a mixin class intended for use with Text::MicroMason::Base.

For distribution, installation, support, copyright and license  information, see Text::MicroMason::Docs::ReadMe.