--- Chuck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> How to a grab data from a multiple checkbox type scenario.
>
> Ex:
>
> Say I have:
> <INPUT type=checkbox name=x value=1>
> <INPUT type=checkbox name=x value=2>
> <INPUT type=checkbox name=x value=3>
>
> I then do this: (use CGI.pm for this example)
>
> my $selections = $q->param("x");
> print "$selections<BR>\n";
>
> It only prints the last checkbox check, not all of the checked boxes. Is
> there a trick around this?
>
> Thanks,
> CC
Use an array and not a scalar.
my @selections = $q->param("x");
CGI.pm uses 'wantarray' in its code to figure out what you want. If you use a scalar,
it will
return the first value. Use an array and it will return all of them.
Cheers,
Curtis "Ovid" Poe
=====
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Onsite! Technology (http://www.onsitetech.com/)
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