It looks to me like you're doing everything twice. You've got "all my form data" in %cgi_vars? Haven't you also got all your form data in your $q object? You're taking your form data out, changing it then putting in back, then putting it into the HTML::Template object?

You're doing everything three times, come to think of it.

Your form data can be accessed by using your CGI object. Your CGI object's parameters can be changed in place, and your CGI object's parameters can be inserted directly into your HTML::Template object. So why do we need this other hash? Some simple code: 

#!/usr/bin/perl

use CGI qw(:standard);
my $q = CGI->new();

## all your form data is now in $q

use HTML::Template;
my $template =
  HTML::Template->new( filename => '/path/to/file.tmpl' );

$q->param(
    -name  => 'foo',
    -value => uc( $q->param( 'foo' ) )
);

## change a parameter in-place

$template->param(
    templatefoo => $q->param( 'foo' ),
    templatebar => $q->param( 'bar' )
);

# insert whichever form data you need into the template

print $q->header();
print $template->output();

# and we're done

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In reply to Re: Using associate with HTML::Template by Cody Pendant
in thread Using associate with HTML::Template by nedals

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