atnonis has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

Hello everyone!
I was trying to teach my self the WWW::Mechanize module and i wrote the following program.
#!/usr/bin/perl -w
use strict;
use WWW::Mechanize;
use LWP::Simple;
my $browser = WWW::Mechanize->new(); 
$browser->get("http://localhost");
$browser->form_number('1');
$browser->field("username_entered", 'root');
$browser->field("password_entered", 'antonis');
$browser->submit();
my $url_ = $browser->{uri};
my $url = getprint($url_);

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when im running it, i get the following error(s):
<input> outside <form> at /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.0/WWW/Mechanize
+.pm line 811
<input> outside <form> at /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.0/WWW/Mechanize
+.pm line 811
.<br>
.<br>
.<br>
<input> outside <form> at /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.0/WWW/Mechanize
+.pm line 811

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i've read an document at Advent Calendar but...
Any help!?
Antonis!

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Re: WWW:Mechanize (input not in form) problem
by Abigail-II (Bishop) on May 04, 2003 at 23:02 UTC
    That's not an error, it's a warning generated by HTML::Form, indicating the HTML is not correct; it has found and INDEX element that is not inside a FORM element.

    Abigail

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      i still can't understand what is the problem. this is my html form code and i don't see anything "funny"
      <form method="POST" enctype="application/x-www-form-urlencoded" action
+="myplace.pl">
<div align="right">
<div align="left">
Welcome to "Your Place"!
</div>
<br>
<font size="2" color="red"><b><TMPL_VAR NAME="error_msg"></b></font>
<br> 
<input type="text" name="username_entered" value=""><br>username<br>
<input type="password" name="password_entered" value=""><br>password<b
+r><br>
<font size="1"> remember me &gt;</font><input type="checkbox" name="_c
+heckcookie" value="">
<input type="submit" name="login" value="Log in">
</div>
</form>

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      can you figure out what is wrong!?

      Antonis!
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        Adding to merlyn's reply, try running the complete page through an HTML validator, which should be able to tell you where the exact error is at.

        ----
        I wanted to explore how Perl's closures can be manipulated, and ended up creating an object system by accident.
        -- Schemer

        Note: All code is untested, unless otherwise stated

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•Re: WWW:Mechanize (input not in form) problem
by merlyn (Sage) on May 07, 2003 at 15:32 UTC
    Add this right after your first get: 
    print $browser->content;
exit;

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    The HTML you posted later in this thread, and in your scratchpad while we were discussing this in the chatterbox, could not have possibly generated those errors from HTML::Form. So now it's time to see what you're really getting.

    -- Randal L. Schwartz, Perl hacker
    Be sure to read my standard disclaimer if this is a reply.

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      as i didn't expect this code print $browser->content; print out the index.htm, file not the one which is after a valid login. I still can't figure out what the problem is. Do you think the problem is ate <TMPL VAR>? i've writen it as a comment, i dont think it is but... who knows!? (i dont!)
      Antonis!
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