Re: CGI: storing multi-select as hidden input tag

IMO, hidden tags are really a complicated and somewhat unmaintainable way of storing input from previous pages.

You'd be better off taking a look at CGI::Session, which will enable you to easily store/retrieve these parameters server side.

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Re^2: CGI: storing multi-select as hidden input tag by Anonymous Monk on Jun 06, 2009 at 01:14 UTC
IMO, hidden tags are really a complicated and somewhat unmaintainable way of storing input from previous pages. CGI::Session::Hidden (needs to be married with CGI::EncryptForm)	[reply]
Re^2: CGI: storing multi-select as hidden input tag by mhearse (Chaplain) on Jun 08, 2009 at 17:28 UTC
To be honest, I would agree with that. Not to mention a security issue in some cases. I will have a look at CGI::Session for maintaining stateful variables.	[reply]