NAME

CGI::Application::Plugin::FillInForm - integrate with HTML::FillInForm

SYNOPSIS

    use CGI::Application::Plugin::FillInForm (qw/fill_form/);

    my $t = $self->load_tmpl('farm.html');
    $t->param( organic => 'less_pesticides' );

    return $self->fill_form( \$t->output );

DESCRIPTION

This plugin provides a mix-in method to make using HTML::FillInForm more convenient.

fill_form()

 # fill an HTML form with data in a hashref or from an object with with a param() method
 my $filled_html = $self->fill_form($html, $data);

 # ...or fill from a list of data sources
 # (each item in the list can be either a hashref or an object)
 my $filled_html = $self->fill_form($html, [$user, $group, $query]);

 # ...or default to getting data from $self->query()
 my $filled_html = $self->fill_form($html);

 # extra fields will be passed on through:
 my $filled_html = $self->fill_form($html, undef, fill_passwords => 0 );

This method provides an easier syntax for calling HTML::FillInForm, and an intelligent default of using $self->query() as the default data source.

If the query is used as the data source, we will ignore the mode param (usually 'rm') from the query object. This prevents accidently clobbering a run mode for the next field, which may be stored in a hidden field.

$html must be a scalarref.

Because this method only loads HTML::FillInForm if it's needed, it should be reasonable to load it in a base class and always have it available:

  use CGI::Application::Plugin::FillInForm (qw/fill_form/);

AUTHORS

 Cees Hek published the first draft on the CGI::App wiki
 Mark Stosberg, C<< <mark@summersault.com> >> polished it for release.

BUGS

Please report any bugs or feature requests to bug-cgi-application-plugin-fillinform@rt.cpan.org, or through the web interface at http://rt.cpan.org. I will be notified, and then you'll automatically be notified of progress on your bug as I make changes.

CONTRIBUTING

Patches, questions and feedback are welcome. This project is managed using the darcs source control system ( http://www.darcs.net/ ). My darcs archive is here: http://mark.stosberg.com/darcs_hive/cap-fif/

Copyright & License

Copyright 2005 Mark Stosberg, All Rights Reserved.

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.