hey all!

I'm trying to make sure the data inputted from my form is okay. The form includes a 7 checkboxes, all the values can be 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 depending on what the user checks.

Basically I want to form check this incase any loser wants to alter the form and change the checkboxes values. I'm using CGI.pm and not quite sure on how I will check each and every value and untaint them.

heres my code: 

our @io = $INPUT->param('io');
if (@io) { #this field is not a required field
foreach $io (@io) {
    if ($io =~ /^([0-9,]+)$/ && length($io) < 2) {
        $io = $1;
    }
    else {
        print "Do not alter this form. Objective field.  Your IP has b
+een logged and will be further investigated.";
        die;
         }
}
}

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Is there a better way to formcheck an array of values or to untaint them?

Thanks!

In reply to form checking checkboxes by tanger

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