liamlrb has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

simple question is either of these legal in HTML::Template or is there another way to do this???? 
<TMPL_IF EXPR="'Banana' eq <TMPL_VAR FRUIT_FIELD>">

<TMPL_IF EXPR="<TMPL_VARFRUIT_FIELD> eq <TMPL_VAR FOOD_FIELD>">

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Re: HTML::Template question
by wfsp (Abbot) on Feb 01, 2011 at 08:11 UTC
    As Anonymous Monk has pointed out you may want to consider a different module.

    You might also consider a different approach when using HTML::Template. 

    my $fruit_field = q{banana};
my $food_field  = q{banana};

my $param = (
  is_a_banana    => $fruit_field eq q{banana}?1:0,
  fruit_and_food => $fruit_field eq $food_field?1:0,
);

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    <TMPL_IF is_a_banana>
  I'm a banana
</TMPL_IF>

<TMPL_IF fruit_and_food>
  eat fruit
</TMPL_IF>

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    Put the code (your expression) in the script and leave the template to look after the HTML. While I prefer this approach there are many monks who would argue in favour of, say, Template::Toolkit.

    It's up to you which approach best suits your task.

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Re: HTML::Template question
by Anonymous Monk on Feb 01, 2011 at 01:00 UTC
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