Fellow Monasterians,

I like HTML::FillInForm, but I've discovered a problem populating multiple checkboxes. There was an example given here, but because I'm validating and doing stuff with all the values, I really can't use %fdat = $q->Vars; (besides, I don't know if I'm really doing anything differently with the hash anyway). Here's what I've tried

HTML:
<input type="checkbox" name="typeofinfo" value="1" /> Program<br />
<input type="checkbox" name="typeofinfo" value="2" /> Abstracts<br />
<input type="checkbox" name="typeofinfo" value="3" /> Exhibits<br />
<input type="checkbox" name="typeofinfo" value="4" /> Registration<br 
+/>

PERL:
$fillinformvalues = { typeofinfo => $query->param('typeofinfo') }
my $form = new HTML::FillInForm;
my $page = $form->fill(
   scalarref  => \$html,
    fdat        => $fillinformvalues );
print $page;

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It only checks the first box that was checked. I used to do it with HTML::Template in a more convoluted way, but it worked.

USING H::T
<input type="checkbox" name="typeofinfo" value="1" <tmpl_if type1>chec
+ked </tmpl_if>/> Program<br />
<input type="checkbox" name="typeofinfo" value="2" <tmpl_if type2>chec
+ked </tmpl_if>/> Abstracts<br />

PERL:
{
no strict 'subs';
   for my $i (0 .. $#$typeofinfo) {
      $template -> param( type.$typeofinfo->[$i] => 1 )
   }
}
print $template->output;

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Is there a way to make my code work with multiple checkboxes? Thanks!


—Brad
"The important work of moving the world forward does not wait to be done by perfect men." George Eliot

In reply to Can HTML::FillInForm handle multiple checkboxes? by bradcathey

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