Hello,

I have a web input form and the form has a SELECT input element. I'm using the CGI module to get the values selected in the SELECT element. 

 @selected_options = $cgi->param( 'select_name' );

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@selected_options would typically contain the values of selected options( like 1,2,3 etc ). I'm getting the string "[ object HTMLInputElement ]", which I guess is the stringified Option object.

I should mention that the SELECT options have been dynamically added using the following Javascript function. 

function addOption(object,text,value) {
   var optionName = new Option(text, value)
   object.options[object.length] = optionName;
   object.options[object.length-1].selected = false;
}

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Is it possible to add the option in a different fashion so that param would return the value or is there a different way to use param() to get the value from the Option object.

Thanks in advance for your time.

In reply to CGI param returns HTMLInputElement. by lanta

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