Re: Re: Drop-down list Option Value

Easiest way to do that is just use a hash mapping the whatever.gif|jpg to the text values. You use hashes in your program already so I guess you don't need an explanation of how to use them. :)

Note: untested code follows:

#!/usr/bin/perl -w
require "cgi-lib.pl";
&ReadParse;

my %hashOfAnimals = (
"pets.gif"          => "Your Favorite Pet",
"afghanhd.jpg"      => "Big dogs",
"austter.jpg"       => "Little dogs",
"ragdoll2.jpg"      => "Cats",
"fish1.jpg"         => "Fresh water fish",
"gerbil.jpg"        => "Gerbils",
"morganhorse.jpg"   => "Horses",
"parrot.jpg"        => "Parrots",
"macaw.jpg"         => "Macaws",
"toucan.jpg"        => "Toucans",
"snap.jpg"          => "Turtles",
"iguana.jpg"        => "Iguanas",
"sinaloan.jpg"      => "Snakes"
);


#color.cgi
#Warn browser that HTML is coming
print &PrintHeader;

print <<"eohtml";
<html><head><title>Thanks for responding</title></head>
<body bgcolor = "#FFFFFF"><H1>Thank You</H1>
<p>What a coincidence, $in{'firstname'} $in{'lastname'}!!</p>
<p>My favorite color is $in{'color'} <strong>AND</strong> I Love $hash
+OfAnimals{$in{'pet'}}.</p>
</body></html>
eohtml

#End of Program
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Updated: Forgot if key has . in it, key needs to be quoted. Doh!

antirice
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Re: Re: Re: Drop-down list Option Value by Happyjack (Novice) on Feb 02, 2003 at 19:58 UTC
Antirice, Thanks for your help. The code required only one simple change; it requires that the jgp/gif option values be enclosed in quotation marks (as well as the descriptions). With thism change, the code worked perfectly. Now I would like to expand this cgi code to display the selected image from the HTML file. This may, in fact, be much more advanced than I am right now. However, it's all a learning experience. Any suggestions in displaying the selected image? THX!!!	[reply]
Re: Re: Re: Re: Drop-down list Option Value by katgirl (Hermit) on Feb 03, 2003 at 09:21 UTC
Well even I can do this one :) `print <<"eohtml"; <html><head><title>Thanks for responding</title></head> <body bgcolor = "#FFFFFF"><H1>Thank You</H1> <p>What a coincidence, $in{'firstname'} $in{'lastname'}!!</p> <p>My favorite color is $in{'color'} <strong>AND</strong> I Love $hash +OfAnimals{$in{'pet'}}.</p> <p><center><img src="$in{'pet'}"></center></p> </body></html> eohtml` [download] Just change the above snippet. You might want to add image attributes and other formatting.	[reply] [d/l]