7.8. Form Widget Methods

The here document, though handy, may not be the best way to build every HTML page. CGI.pm provides several other methods to create widgets, including:

  • start_form()— start tag for the form

  • textfield()— tag for a text widget

  • textarea()— tag for a text area

  • radio_group()— tags for a radio button group

  • checkbox()— tag for a check box

  • popup_menu()— tag for a pop-up menu

  • scrolling_list()— tags for a scrolling list box

  • submit()— tag for a submit button

  • reset()— tag for a reset button

  • end_form()— </FORM>

The following example, /var/www/cgi-bin/widgets3.cgi, uses these methods and produces the same form shown in Figure 7.12. You can find its code at http://localhost/cgi/widgets3.cgi or www.opensourcewebbook.com/cgi/widgets3.cgi ...

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