NAME¶
CGI::FormBuilder::Template::Fast - FormBuilder interface to CGI::FastTemplate
SYNOPSIS¶
my $form = CGI::FormBuilder->new(
fields => \@whatever,
template => {
type => 'Fast',
root => '/path/to/templates',
# use external files
define => {
form => 'form.txt',
field => 'field.txt',
invalid_field => 'invalid_field.txt',
},
# or define inline
define_nofile => {
form => '<html><head></head><body>$START_FORM
<table>$FIELDS</table>$SUBMIT $END_FORM</body></html>',
# etc.
},
},
);
DESCRIPTION¶
This engine adapts
FormBuilder to use "CGI::FastTemplate".
Please read these docs carefully, as the usage differs from other template
adapters in several important ways.
You will need to define three templates: "form", "field",
and "invalid_field". You can use "define" to point to
external files (which is the recommended "CGI::FastTemplate" style),
or "define_nofile"/ "define_raw" to define them inline.
The templates in "define_nofile" take precedence over
"define_raw", and both of these take precedence over
"define".
my $form = CGI::FormBuilder->new(
# ...
template => {
type => 'FastTemplate',
root => '/path/to/templates',
define => {
form => 'form.txt',
field => 'field.txt',
invalid_field => 'invalid_field.txt',
},
# or, you can define templates directly
define_nofile => {
form => '<html><head></head><body>$START_FORM<table>'
'$FIELDS</table>$SUBMIT $END_FORM</body></html>',
# etc.
},
},
# ...
);
If you use "define" with external templates, you will probably also
want to define your template root directory with the "root"
parameter.
Within each of the field templates, the following variables are available:
$NAME # $field->name
$FIELD # $field->tag (HTML input tag)
$VALUE # $field->value (first value only!)
$LABEL # $field->label
$COMMENT # $field->comment
$ERROR # $field->error
$REQUIRED # $field->required ? 'required' : 'optional'
All the fields are processed in sequence; valid fields use the "field"
template, and invalid fields the "invalid_field" template. The
result from each of these is appended into the $FIELDS variable, which you
should use in your "form" template. In the "form"
template, you also have access to these variables:
$TITLE # title of the form
$START_FORM # opening form tag
$SUBMIT # the submit button
$RESET # the reset button
$END_FORM # closing form tag
$JS_HEAD # validation JavaScript
Note that since "CGI::FastTemplate" doesn't use anything other than
simple scalar variables, there are no variables corrosponding to the lists
that other engines have (e.g. "fields" or "options" lists
in "TT2" or "Text::Template").
SEE ALSO¶
CGI::FormBuilder, CGI::FormBuilder::Template, CGI::FastTemplate
AUTHOR¶
Copyright (c) 2005-2006 Peter Eichman <peichman@cpan.org>. All Rights
Reserved.
Maintained as part of "CGI::FormBuilder" by Nate Wiger
<nate@wiger.org>.
This module is free software; you may copy this under the terms of the GNU
General Public License, or the Artistic License, copies of which should have
accompanied your Perl kit.