in reply to Is this attempt at a generic form using CGI really silly/inefficient/useless waste of time?

Have you looked at CGI::FormBuilder? 

#!/usr/bin/perl -wT
use CGI::FormBuilder;

# Fields to create/label/read
my @fields = qw/name email password confirm_password zipcode/;
# Required fields (labels will be shown in bold)
my @req = @fields[0..3];

# Do it!
my $form = CGI::FormBuilder->new(method => 'post', fields => \@fields,
+ required => \@req);

# Validate via JavaScript, etc.; process
if ($form->submitted) {
    my $field = $form->fields;
    # update_db($field->fields};  # This is where you'd update the dat
+abase, etc.
    print $form->confirm(header => 1);
}
else {
    print $form->render(header => 1);
}

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Re^2: Is this attempt at a generic form using CGI really silly/inefficient/useless waste of time?
by LesleyB (Friar) on Jul 12, 2008 at 02:15 UTC

    Yes I have - when I realised exactly where my design thoughts were heading. The tutorials give a very good idea of its capabilities.

    Initially I didn't like its use of tables, mostly because although I used to do forms using tables back in pre-CSS days I have made some effort in the direction of tableless layouts.

    I have found I can do divs with CGI::Template but am at this stage slightly confused on the choice between CGI::Template and the Template::Toolkit CGI offerings. Adding CGI::Application into the pot doesn't exactly ease my procrastination much.

    Thank you

    :)
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