NAME
CGI::Application::Plugin::SuperForm - Create sticky HTML forms in
CGI::Application run modes using HTML::SuperForm
SYNOPSIS
use CGI::Application::Plugin::SuperForm;
sub form_runmode {
my $c = shift;
my $form_start = $c->superform->start_form(
{
method => "POST",
action => $c->query()->url() . "/myapp/form_process",
}
);
my $text = $c->superform->text( name => 'text', default => 'Default Text' );
my $textarea = $c->superform->textarea(
name => 'textarea',
default => 'More Default Text'
);
my $select = $c->superform->select(
name => 'select',
default => 2,
values => [ 0, 1, 2, 3 ],
labels => {
0 => 'Zero',
1 => 'One',
2 => 'Two',
3 => 'Three'
}
);
my $output = <<"END_HTML";
<html>
<body>
<form>
Text Field: $text<br>
Text Area: $textarea<br>
Select: $select
</form>
</body>
</html>
END_HTML
return $output;
}
DESCRIPTION
Create sticky forms with "HTML::SuperForm".
METHODS
sform
alias to superform
superform
Returns a instance of "HTML::SuperForm" preconfigured with sticky
and fallback options on. See HTML::SuperForm for more information
and examples.
EXAMPLE USING TT PLUGIN
A simplistic but working app SuperForm, TT and AutoRunmode plugins. TT
brings in 'c' var to templates automatically, SuperForm brings in
'sform'.
Files:
./lib/MyApp.pm
.MyApp/form.tmpl
./server.pl
lib/MyApp.pm
package MyApp;
use base 'Titanium';
use CGI::Application::Plugin::TT;
use CGI::Application::Plugin::SuperForm;
use CGI::Application::Plugin::AutoRunmode;
sub form: Runmode{
my $c = shift;
$c->tt_process();
}
sub process_form(): Runmode{
my $c = shift;
# do something with user input.
# redirect to success page, etc.
return "You said: ". $c->query()->param('input1');
}
1; # End of MyApp
MyApp/form.tmpl
<html>
[% c.sform.start_form({method=>"POST"}) %]<br/>
Say what? [% c.sform.text({name=>"input1"}) %]<br/>
[% c.sform.hidden({name=>"rm", value=>"process_form"}) %]<br/>
[% c.sform.submit()%]<br/>
[% c.sform.end_form() %]<br/>
</html>
.server.pl
use warnings;
use strict;
use CGI::Application::Server;
use lib 'lib';
use MyApp;
my $app = MyApp->new(PARAMS => {});
my $server = CGI::Application::Server->new();
$server->document_root('.');
$server->entry_points({
'/index.cgi' => $app,
});
$server->run;
SEE ALSO
HTML::SuperForm, Titanium, CGI::Application.
AUTHOR
Gordon Van Amburg, "gordon@minipeg.net"
LICENSE
This library is free software. You can redistribute it and/or modify it
under the same terms as perl itself.