Hi Guys, I have been searching google for hours and can't find a solution to this problem so any help will be fantastic.

I'm creating image buttons via a while loop as I need these buttons to be created dynamically because it pulls data from a mysql database. I need these buttons to work independently. So for example, pressing 'button1' will make 'action1' happen.

I have currently set the input name of the image buttons to the names I am pulling from the database using the Perl variable "$unit_name". Inspecting the buttons on the website itself I can see the values are being set to the names I am expecting, and when setting the form method to GET I can see the names in the URL bar.

When you press a button I intend for the form to submit so the name of whichever button has been pressed can be sent through as a parameter. However at the moment the variable "selectedName" receives no data.

Here is where I pull the parameter: 
my $selectedName = param('$unit_name');

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Here is the while loop I am using to create the buttons: 
my $statement2 = "select unit_name from unitNamesTable";
my $sth = $dbh->prepare($statement2);
$sth->execute();

while (my @data = $sth->fetchrow_array()) 
{
    $unit_name = $data[0];
    push(@unitNames, $unit_name);
                    
    print "<td>$unit_name<br>";
    print "<input type=image name='$unit_name' id=$unit_name value='$u
+nit_name' alt=airConButton src=../../images/unit.jpg height=100px wid
+th=100px onclick=this.form.submit()>";

}

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If you need anything else or have any ideas how I can either fix this or go about it in a better way please let me know. Thanks in advance!

In reply to Passing perl variable as input name? by RobRobson

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