Re: Multiple form selections in cgi

Uhm... I think you may be overthinking this. All you have to do is give all your checkboxes the same name attribute:

<input type="checkbox" name="year" value="1996" />
<input type="checkbox" name="year" value="1997" />
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<input type="checkbox" name="year" value="2005" />
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Using CGI, all the checked boxes will be available in an array returned by param. Use something similar to:

my @selected_years = $query->param('year');
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-sauoq
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Re^2: Multiple form selections in cgi by punch_card_don (Curate) on Sep 26, 2005 at 19:42 UTC
Yes! That works perfectly. And exactly the kind of "built-in" functionality I was looking for. Thanks. Forget that fear of gravity, Get a little savagery in your life.	[reply]