package HTML::FillInForm; our $VERSION = '2.22'; use integer; # no floating point math so far! use strict; # and no funny business, either. use Carp; # generate better errors with more context # required for UNIVERSAL->can require 5.005; use vars qw($VERSION @ISA); $VERSION = '2.21'; sub new { my $class = shift; my $self = bless {}, $class; # required for attr_encoded my %arg = @_ || (); my $parser_class = $arg{parser_class} || 'HTML::Parser'; eval "require $parser_class;" || die "require $parser_class failed: $@"; @ISA = ($parser_class); $self->init(@_); unless ($self->can('attr_encoded')) { die "attr_encoded method is missing. If are using HTML::Parser, you need at least version 3.26"; } # tell HTML::Parser not to decode attributes $self->attr_encoded(1); return $self; } # a few shortcuts to fill() sub fill_file { my $self = shift; return $self->fill('file' ,@_); } sub fill_arrayref { my $self = shift; return $self->fill('arrayref' ,@_); } sub fill_scalarref { my $self = shift; return $self->fill('scalarref',@_); } # track the keys we support. Useful for file-name detection. sub _known_keys { return { scalarref => 1, arrayref => 1, fdat => 1, fobject => 1, file => 1, target => 1, fill_password => 1, ignore_fields => 1, disable_fields => 1, invalid_fields => 1, invalid_class => 1, } } sub fill { my $self = shift; # If we are called as a class method, go ahead and call new(). $self = $self->new if (not ref $self); my %option; # If the first arg is a scalarref, translate that to scalarref => $first_arg if (ref $_[0] eq 'SCALAR') { $option{scalarref} = shift; } elsif (ref $_[0] eq 'ARRAY') { $option{arrayref} = shift; } elsif (ref $_[0] eq 'GLOB') { $option{file} = shift; } elsif (ref $_[0]) { croak "data source is not a reference type we understand"; } # Last chance, if the first arg isn't one of the known keys, we # assume it is a file name. elsif (not _known_keys()->{$_[0]} ) { $option{file} = shift; } else { # Should be a known key. Nothing to do. } # Now, check to see if the next arg is also a reference. my $data; if (ref $_[0]) { $data = shift; $data = [$data] unless ref $data eq 'ARRAY'; for my $source (@$data) { if (ref $source eq 'HASH') { push @{ $option{fdat} }, $source; } elsif (ref $source) { if ($source->can('param')) { push @{ $option{fobject} }, $source; } else { croak "data source $source does not supply a param method"; } } elsif (defined $source) { croak "data source $source is not a hash or object reference"; } } } # load in the rest of the options %option = (%option, @_); # As suggested in the docs, merge multiple fdats into one. if (ref $option{fdat} eq 'ARRAY') { my %merged; for my $hash (@{ $option{fdat} }) { for my $key (keys %$hash) { $merged{$key} = $hash->{$key}; } } $option{'fdat'} = \%merged; } my %ignore_fields; %ignore_fields = map { $_ => 1 } ( ref $option{'ignore_fields'} eq 'ARRAY' ) ? @{ $option{ignore_fields} } : $option{ignore_fields} if exists( $option{ignore_fields} ); $self->{ignore_fields} = \%ignore_fields; my %disable_fields; %disable_fields = map { $_ => 1 } ( ref $option{'disable_fields'} eq 'ARRAY' ) ? @{ $option{disable_fields} } : $option{disable_fields} if exists( $option{disable_fields} ); $self->{disable_fields} = \%disable_fields; my %invalid_fields; %invalid_fields = map { $_ => 1 } ( ref $option{'invalid_fields'} eq 'ARRAY' ) ? @{ $option{invalid_fields} } : $option{invalid_fields} if exists( $option{invalid_fields} ); $self->{invalid_fields} = \%invalid_fields; if (my $fdat = $option{fdat}){ # Copy the structure to prevent side-effects. my %copy; keys %$fdat; # reset fdat if each or Dumper was called on fdat while(my($key, $val) = each %$fdat) { next if exists $ignore_fields{$key}; $copy{ $key } = ref $val eq 'ARRAY' ? [ @$val ] : $val; } $self->{fdat} = \%copy; } # We want the reference to these objects to go out of scope at the # end of the method. local $self->{objects} = []; if(my $objects = $option{fobject}){ unless(ref($objects) eq 'ARRAY'){ $objects = [ $objects ]; } for my $object (@$objects){ # make sure objects in 'param_object' parameter support param() defined($object->can('param')) or croak("HTML::FillInForm->fill called with fobject option, containing object of type " . ref($object) . " which lacks a param() method!"); } $self->{objects} = $objects; } if (my $target = $option{target}){ $self->{'target'} = $target; } if (my $invalid_class = $option{invalid_class}){ $self->{'invalid_class'} = $invalid_class; } else { $self->{'invalid_class'} = 'invalid'; } if (defined($option{fill_password})){ $self->{fill_password} = $option{fill_password}; } else { $self->{fill_password} = 1; } $self->{clear_absent_checkboxes} = $option{clear_absent_checkboxes}; # make sure method has data to fill in HTML form with! unless(exists $self->{fdat} || $self->{objects}){ croak("HTML::FillInForm->fillInForm() called without 'fobject' or 'fdat' parameter set"); } local $self->{object_param_cache}; if(my $file = $option{file}){ $self->parse_file($file); } elsif (my $scalarref = $option{scalarref}){ $self->parse($$scalarref); } elsif (my $arrayref = $option{arrayref}){ for (@$arrayref){ $self->parse($_); } } $self->eof; return delete $self->{output}; } # handles opening HTML tags such as sub start { my ($self, $tagname, $attr, $attrseq, $origtext) = @_; # set the current form if ($tagname eq 'form') { $self->{object_param_cache} = {}; if (exists $attr->{'name'} || exists $attr->{'id'}) { $self->{'current_form'} = $attr->{'name'} || $attr->{'id'}; } else { # in case of previous one without delete $self->{'current_form'}; } } # This form is not my target. if (exists $self->{'target'} && (! exists $self->{'current_form'} || $self->{'current_form'} ne $self->{'target'})) { $self->{'output'} .= $origtext; return; } # HTML::Parser converts tagname to lowercase, so we don't need /i if ($self->{option_no_value}) { $self->{output} .= '>'; delete $self->{option_no_value}; } # Check if we need to disable this field $attr->{disabled} = 'disabled' if exists $attr->{'name'} and exists $self->{disable_fields}{ $attr->{'name'} } and $self->{disable_fields}{ $attr->{'name'} } and not ( exists $attr->{disabled} and $attr->{disabled} ); # Check if we need to invalidate this field my $invalidating = 0; if (exists $attr->{name} and exists $self->{invalid_fields}{ $attr->{name} } and $self->{invalid_fields}{ $attr->{name} }) { $invalidating = 1; if (exists $attr->{class} and length $attr->{class}) { # don't add the class if it's already there unless ($attr->{class} =~ /\b\Q$self->{invalid_class}\E\b/) { $attr->{class} .= " $self->{invalid_class}"; } } else { $attr->{class} = $self->{invalid_class}; } } if ($tagname eq 'input'){ my $value = exists $attr->{'name'} ? $self->_get_param($attr->{'name'}) : undef; # force hidden fields to have a value $value = '' if exists($attr->{'type'}) && $attr->{'type'} eq 'hidden' && ! exists $attr->{'value'} && ! defined $value; # browsers do not pass unchecked checkboxes at all, so hack around $value = '' if $self->{clear_absent_checkboxes} && !defined $value && exists($attr->{'type'}) && ($attr->{'type'} eq 'checkbox' || $attr->{'type'} eq 'radio'); if (defined($value)){ # check for input type, noting that default type is text if (!exists $attr->{'type'} || $attr->{'type'} =~ /^(text|textfield|hidden|tel|search|url|email|datetime|date|month|week|time|datetime\-local|number|range|color|)$/i){ if ( ref($value) eq 'ARRAY' ) { $value = shift @$value; $value = '' unless defined $value; } $attr->{'value'} = __escapeHTML($value); } elsif (lc $attr->{'type'} eq 'password' && $self->{fill_password}) { if ( ref($value) eq 'ARRAY' ) { $value = shift @$value; $value = '' unless defined $value; } $attr->{'value'} = __escapeHTML($value); } elsif (lc $attr->{'type'} eq 'radio'){ if ( ref($value) eq 'ARRAY' ) { $value = $value->[0]; $value = '' unless defined $value; } # value for radio boxes default to 'on', works with netscape $attr->{'value'} = 'on' unless exists $attr->{'value'}; if ($attr->{'value'} eq __escapeHTML($value)){ $attr->{'checked'} = 'checked'; } else { delete $attr->{'checked'}; } } elsif (lc $attr->{'type'} eq 'checkbox'){ # value for checkboxes default to 'on', works with netscape $attr->{'value'} = 'on' unless exists $attr->{'value'}; delete $attr->{'checked'}; # Everything is unchecked to start $value = [ $value ] unless ref($value) eq 'ARRAY'; foreach my $v ( @$value ) { if ( $attr->{'value'} eq __escapeHTML($v) ) { $attr->{'checked'} = 'checked'; } } # } else { # warn(qq(Input field of unknown type "$attr->{type}": $origtext)); } } $self->{output} .= "<$tagname"; while (my ($key, $value) = each %$attr) { next if $key eq '/'; $self->{output} .= sprintf qq( %s="%s"), $key, $value; } # extra space put here to work around Opera 6.01/6.02 bug $self->{output} .= ' /' if $attr->{'/'}; $self->{output} .= ">"; } elsif ($tagname eq 'option'){ my $value = defined($self->{selectName}) ? $self->_get_param($self->{selectName}) : undef; # browsers do not pass selects with no selected options at all, # so hack around $value = '' if $self->{clear_absent_checkboxes} && !defined $value; $value = [ $value ] unless ( ref($value) eq 'ARRAY' ); if ( defined $value->[0] ){ delete $attr->{selected} if exists $attr->{selected}; if(defined($attr->{'value'})){ # option tag has value attr - if ($self->{selectMultiple}){ # check if the option tag belongs to a multiple option select foreach my $v ( grep { defined } @$value ) { if ( $attr->{'value'} eq __escapeHTML($v) ){ $attr->{selected} = 'selected'; } } } else { # if not every value of a fdat ARRAY belongs to a different select tag if (not $self->{selectSelected}){ if ( $attr->{'value'} eq __escapeHTML($value->[0])){ shift @$value if ref($value) eq 'ARRAY'; $attr->{selected} = 'selected'; $self->{selectSelected} = 1; # remember that an option tag is selected for this select tag } } } } else { # option tag has no value attr - # save for processing under text handler $self->{option_no_value} = __escapeHTML($value); } } $self->{output} .= "<$tagname"; while (my ($key, $value) = each %$attr) { $self->{output} .= sprintf qq( %s="%s"), $key, $value; } unless ($self->{option_no_value}){ # we can close option tag here $self->{output} .= ">"; } } elsif ($tagname eq 'textarea'){ # need to re-output the -> # we need to set outputText to 'no' so that 'foobar' won't be printed $self->{outputText} = 'no'; $self->{output} .= __escapeHTML($value); } } elsif ($tagname eq 'select'){ $self->{selectName} = $attr->{'name'}; if (defined $attr->{'multiple'}){ $self->{selectMultiple} = 1; # helper var to remember if the select tag has the multiple attr set or not } else { $self->{selectMultiple} = 0; $self->{selectSelected} = 0; # helper var to remember if an option was already selected in the current select tag } # need to re-output the sub end { my ($self, $tagname, $origtext) = @_; if ($self->{option_no_value}) { $self->{output} .= '>'; delete $self->{option_no_value}; } if($tagname eq 'select'){ delete $self->{selectName}; } elsif ($tagname eq 'textarea'){ delete $self->{outputText}; } elsif ($tagname eq 'form') { delete $self->{'current_form'}; } $self->{output} .= $origtext; } sub __escapeHTML { my ($toencode) = @_; return undef unless defined($toencode); $toencode =~ s/&/&/g; $toencode =~ s/\"/"/g; $toencode =~ s/>/>/g; $toencode =~ s/{output} .= ''; } else { $self->{output} .= ''; } } sub process { my ( $self, $token0, $text ) = @_; $self->{output} .= $text; } sub declaration { my ( $self, $text ) = @_; $self->{output} .= ''; } 1; =pod =encoding UTF-8 =head1 NAME HTML::FillInForm - Populates HTML Forms with data. =head1 VERSION version 2.22 =head1 SYNOPSIS Fill HTML form with data. $output = HTML::FillInForm->fill( \$html, $q ); $output = HTML::FillInForm->fill( \@html, [$q1,$q2] ); $output = HTML::FillInForm->fill( \*HTML, \%data ); $output = HTML::FillInForm->fill( 't.html', [\%data1,%data2] ); The HTML can be provided as a scalarref, arrayref, filehandle or file. The data can come from one or more hashrefs, or objects which support a param() method, like CGI.pm, L, etc. =head1 DESCRIPTION This module fills in an HTML form with data from a Perl data structure, allowing you to keep the HTML and Perl separate. Here are two common use cases: 1. A user submits an HTML form without filling out a required field. You want to redisplay the form with all the previous data in it, to make it easy for the user to see and correct the error. 2. You have just retrieved a record from a database and need to display it in an HTML form. =head1 fill The basic syntax is seen above the Synopsis. There are a few additional options. =head2 Options =head3 target => 'form1' Suppose you have multiple forms in a html file and only want to fill in one. $output = HTML::FillInForm->fill(\$html, $q, target => 'form1'); This will fill in only the form inside
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=head3 fill_password => 0 Passwords are filled in by default. To disable: fill_password => 0 =head3 ignore_fields => [] To disable the filling of some fields: ignore_fields => ['prev','next'] =head3 disable_fields => [] To disable fields from being edited: disable_fields => [ 'uid', 'gid' ] =head3 invalid_fields => [] To mark fields as being invalid (CSS class set to "invalid" or whatever you set invalid_class to): invalid_fields => [ 'uid', 'gid' ] =head3 invalid_class => "invalid" The CSS class which will be used to mark fields invalid. Defaults to "invalid". =head3 clear_absent_checkboxes => 0 Absent fields are not cleared or in any way changed. This is not what you want when you deal with checkboxes which are not sent by browser at all when cleared by user. To remove "checked" attribute from checkboxes and radio buttons and attribute "selected" from options of select lists for which there's no data: clear_absent_checkboxes => 1 =head2 File Upload fields File upload fields cannot be supported directly. Workarounds include asking the user to re-attach any file uploads or fancy server-side storage and referencing. You are on your own. =head2 Clearing Fields Fields are cleared if you set their value to an empty string or empty arrayref but not undef: # this will leave the form element foo untouched HTML::FillInForm->fill(\$html, { foo => undef }); # this will set clear the form element foo HTML::FillInForm->fill(\$html, { foo => "" }); It has been suggested to add a option to change the behavior so that undef values will clear the form elements. Patches welcome. You can also use C option to clear checkboxes, radio buttons and selects without corresponding keys in the data: # this will set clear the form element foo (and all others except # bar) HTML::FillInForm->fill(\$html, { bar => 123 }, clear_absent_checkboxes => 1); =head1 Old syntax You probably need to read no further. The remaining docs concern the 1.x era syntax, which is still supported. =head2 new Call C to create a new FillInForm object: $fif = HTML::FillInForm->new; $fif->fill(...); In theory, there is a slight performance benefit to calling C before C if you make multiple calls to C before you destroy the object. Benchmark before optimizing. =head2 fill ( old syntax ) Instead of having your HTML and data types auto-detected, you can declare them explicitly in your call to C: HTML source options: arrayref => @html scalarref => $html file => \*HTML file => 't.html' Fill Data options: fobject => $data_obj # with param() method fdat => \%data Additional methods are also available: fill_file(\*HTML,...); fill_file('t.html',...); fill_arrayref(\@html,...); fill_scalarref(\$html,...); =head1 USING AN ALTERNATE PARSER It's possible to use an alternate parser to L if the alternate provides a sufficiently compatible interface. For example, when a Pure Perl implementation of HTML::Parser appears, it could be used for portability. The syntax is simply to provide a C to new(); HTML::FillInForm->new( parser_class => 'MyAlternate::Parser' ); =head1 CALLING FROM OTHER MODULES =head2 Apache::PageKit To use HTML::FillInForm in L is easy. It is automatically called for any page that includes a
tag. It can be turned on or off by using the C configuration option. =head2 Apache::ASP v2.09 and above HTML::FillInForm is now integrated with Apache::ASP. To activate, use PerlSetVar FormFill 1 $Response->{FormFill} = 1 =head2 HTML::Mason Using HTML::FillInForm from HTML::Mason is covered in the FAQ on the masonhq.com website at L =head1 SECURITY Note that you might want to think about caching issues if you have password fields on your page. There is a discussion of this issue at http://www.perlmonks.org/index.pl?node_id=70482 In summary, some browsers will cache the output of CGI scripts, and you can control this by setting the Expires header. For example, use C<-expires> in L or set C to I in Config.xml file of L. =head1 TRANSLATION Kato Atsushi has translated these docs into Japanese, available from http://perldoc.jp =head1 BUGS Please submit any bug reports to tjmather@maxmind.com. =head1 NOTES Requires Perl 5.005 and L version 3.26. I wrote this module because I wanted to be able to insert CGI data into HTML forms, but without combining the HTML and Perl code. CGI.pm and Embperl allow you so insert CGI data into forms, but require that you mix HTML with Perl. There is a nice review of the module available here: L =head1 SEE ALSO L, L, L, L =head1 CREDITS Fixes, Bug Reports, Docs have been generously provided by: Alex Kapranoff Miika Pekkarinen Michael Fisher Sam Tregar Tatsuhiko Miyagawa Joseph Yanni Boris Zentner Philip Mak Dave Rolsky Jost Krieger Patrick Michael Kane Gabriel Burka Ade Olonoh Bill Moseley Tom Lancaster James Tolley Martin H Sluka Dan Kubb Mark Stosberg Alexander Hartmaier Jonathan Swartz Paul Miller Trevor Schellhorn Anthony Ettinger Jim Miner Simon P. Ditner Paul Lindner Michael Peters Maurice Aubrey Trevor Schellhorn Andrew Creer Thanks! =head1 AUTHOR TJ Mather, tjmather@maxmind.com =head1 COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE This software is copyright (c) 2000 by TJ Mather, tjmather@maxmind.com. This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as the Perl 5 programming language system itself. =cut __END__ # ABSTRACT: Populates HTML Forms with data.