Once you call the post() method, your request is transmitted to the web server; it is too late to modify it. You need to store the form data in a structure that you can add to at runtime, and then use that structure in the post() call.

Try these array-based techniques to initialize and manipulate your form data: 

my @form_data_pairs = (
  'Encounter1847760942'           => $enc_id,
  'SelectType1847760942'          => 'StartOnSelect',
  'Begin1847760942'               => '01/02/2005',
  'DaysBack1847760942'            => '3',
  'ProcedureSearchText1847760942' => '',
  'EncounterOptionSelected'       => 'false',
);
# ... Code to handle dynamic options would go here ...
my $cb = ($some_dynamic_flag) ? 1 : 0;
push @form_data_pairs, (
  'checkbox' => $cb,
  'something' => 'Something else',
);
push @form_data_pairs, ('checkbox2' => 1) if $some_other_flag;

my $response = $browser->post($url, \@form_data_pairs, @ns_headers);

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If the form has no duplicate data elements, and the receiving application is not neurotic about parameter order, then hash-based techniques may be clearer and more flexible: 

my %form_data = (
  'Encounter1847760942'           => $enc_id,
  'SelectType1847760942'          => 'StartOnSelect',
  'Begin1847760942'               => '01/02/2005',
  'DaysBack1847760942'            => '3',
  'ProcedureSearchText1847760942' => '',
  'EncounterOptionSelected'       => 'false',
);
# ... Code to handle dynamic options would go here ...
$form_data{'checkbox'}  = ($some_dynamic_flag) ? 1 : 0;
$form_data{'something'} = 'Something else';
$form_data{'checkbox2'} = 1 if $some_other_flag;

my $response = $browser->post($url, [ %form_data ], @ns_headers);

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In reply to Re: Adding to Content on LWP Post by Util
in thread Adding to Content on LWP Post by rgatliff

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