Re^2: HTML::Template error message

Actually, the problem is that HTML::Template (whether or not it has anything to do with CGI::Application, I don't know) doesn't like:

EMAIL => $cgi->param('email'),
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I changed it to:

EMAIL => $email,
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and it works fine now. However, it seems to me that the original version should work. Why doesn't it interpolate correctly? I ran into a similar interpolation problem on one of my other template pages in the same application.

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Re^3: HTML::Template error message by jeffa (Bishop) on Jun 22, 2004 at 17:25 UTC
Why are you passing the CGI parameters back to the template like that. Just use `my $cgi = CGI->new(); my $template = HTML::Template->new( filename => 'foo.tmpl', associate => $cgi, );` [download] when you instantiate the H::T object instead. Of course, you have to take care with multiple values, as usual. Check out the HTML::Template Tutorial if you already haven't and good luck. :) UPDATE: I suppose i should post the relevant CGI::Application code instead :O `my $tmpl_obj = $webapp->load_tmpl('some_other.tmpl', associate => $cgi, );` [download] jeffa L-LL-L--L-LL-L--L-LL-L-- -R--R-RR-R--R-RR-R--R-RR B--B--B--B--B--B--B--B-- H---H---H---H---H---H--- (the triplet paradiddle with high-hat)	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^3: HTML::Template error message by BUU (Prior) on Jun 22, 2004 at 21:54 UTC
Because `$cgi->param(x)` in list returns an empty list. In scalar context it returns undef. So when you include it in the H::T->param call, it's in list context and effectively doesn't exist. When you assign it to a scalar first you get undef, which is an item in the list.	[reply] [d/l]