I'm working with perl::cgi and I'm having a couple issues.

I'm trying to use a hidden param lets call it "current" to control the flow on my page. When I insert this parameter with a different value in different cgi forms it defaults to it first assigned value in the html generated.

Example: 
push(@buffer, $cgi->start_form(-method => 'post' , -action => 'example
+.cgi'),
           $cgi->submit(-name => 'edit_notes', -value=>$timestamp, -la
+bel =>"edit"),
           $cgi->hidden(-name => 'user', $user),
           $cgi->hidden(-name => 'current', -value=>'example'),
           $cgi->end_form);

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When I create another form later on in the page and have an alternate value for 'current' it is replaced in the html by 'example'.

The other issue I am confused about which may or may not be related is that in the html generated by the cgi forms it is including multiple copies of the same parameters.

The above code generates this: 
<input type="hidden" name="user" value="UserID" UserID />
<input type="hidden" name="user" value="UserID" UserID />
<input type="hidden" name="user" value="UserID" UserID />
<input type="hidden" name="user" value="UserID" UserID />

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Any help would be appreciated.

In reply to cgi issues by jared

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