Fellow Monks:

I am currently trying to find a more 'complete' method for separating my logic code from my display markup.

In the past I would include all form markup in my perl files and use HTML::FillInForm to populate the form fields. I would then push the form out to a <TMPL_VAR NAME='content'> (using HTML::Template) but this defeats the purpose of using a template.

I recently began using HTML::Template to generate ALL my markup including forms. Unfortunately, I'm have a problem COMPLETELY populating my forms while in a template file. I have used HTML::Template's 'associate => $query' to load the form with the param() info. This method breaks down when trying to populate select menus, radio buttons, and checkboxes. This method also (I believe) prohibits me from prepopulating a form using data from a database query.

I am determined to remove any trace of markup (within reason) from my perl code and would appreciate any 'battle tested' suggestions.

In reply to Need help separating logic from display by jeyroz

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