package HTML::Formulate; use 5.000; use HTML::Tabulate 0.30; use Carp; use strict; require Exporter; use vars qw($VERSION @ISA @EXPORT @EXPORT_OK %EXPORT_TAGS); @ISA = qw(HTML::Tabulate Exporter); @EXPORT = qw(&render); @EXPORT_OK = qw(&render); %EXPORT_TAGS = (); $VERSION = '0.12'; # Additional valid arguments, fields, and field attributes to those of # HTML::Tabulate my %VALID_ARG = ( # form: form tag attribute/value hash, or boolean scalar form => 'HASH/SCALAR', # formtype: form/table formtype => 'SCALAR', # primkey: primary key field, or list of primary key fields (for composites) # primkey => 'SCALAR/ARRAY', # submit: list of submit/button/reset elements at end of form submit => 'SCALAR/ARRAY', # hidden: list of fields to render as hiddens, or hashref of field/value # pairs; default: none hidden => 'ARRAY/HASH', # required: list of required/mandatory fields, or tokens 'ALL' or 'NONE' required => 'ARRAY/SCALAR', # use_name_as_id: add 'name' as 'id' field to input-type fields if none set use_name_as_id => 'SCALAR', # errors: hashref of field => (scalar/array of) validation-error-messages errors => 'HASH', # errors_where: where to display validation error messages: # top: above form table (default) # column: within form table, in a third table column errors_where => 'SCALAR', # errors_format: subroutine to format/render 'top' style error messages errors_format => 'SCALAR/CODE', ); my %VALID_FIELDS = ( # primary key defaults (deprecated?) # -primkey => 'HASH', # select defaults '-select' => 'HASH', # submit button defaults -submit => 'HASH', # required fields defaults -required => 'HASH', # error field defaults -errors => 'HASH', ); my %FIELD_ATTR = ( # type: how this field is rendered on the form (roughly an type) # type => [ qw(text textarea password select hidden display static omit)], type => [ qw(text textarea password select checkbox radio hidden display static omit)], # datatype: the validation datatype for this field (deprecated?) # datatype => 'SCALAR/ARRAY', # required: boolean required => 'SCALAR', # values: a list of possible values (scalars) for selects or radio buttons 'values' => 'ARRAY/CODE', # vlabels: a list (or hashref keyed by values entries) of labels for use # with selects or radio buttons vlabels => 'ARRAY/HASH/CODE', ); # Attributes applicable to the various input-type fields my %TEXT_ATTR = map { $_ => 1 } qw(accesskey checked disabled id maxlength name notab onblur onchange onclick onfocus onselect readonly selected size tabindex taborder value vlabel); my %INPUT_ATTR = map { $_ => 1 } qw(accesskey checked disabled id name notab onblur onchange onclick onfocus onselect readonly selected tabindex taborder value vlabel); my %SELECT_ATTR = map { $_ => 1 } qw(disabled id multiple name onblur onchange onfocus size tabindex vlabel); my %TEXTAREA_ATTR = map { $_ => 1 } qw(accesskey cols disabled id name onblur onchange onfocus onselect readonly rows tabindex vlabel wrap); my %TABLE_ATTR = map { $_ => 1 } qw(tr th td); my %EMPTY_TAGS = map { $_ => 1 } qw(input br); sub get_valid_arg { my $self = shift; my %arg = $self->SUPER::get_valid_arg(); return wantarray ? ( %arg, %VALID_ARG ) : { %arg, %VALID_ARG }; } sub get_valid_fields { my $self = shift; my %arg = $self->SUPER::get_valid_fields(); return wantarray ? ( %arg, %VALID_FIELDS ) : { %arg, %VALID_FIELDS }; } sub get_field_attributes { my $self = shift; my %attr = $self->SUPER::get_field_attributes(); @attr{ keys %FIELD_ATTR } = values %FIELD_ATTR; return wantarray ? %attr : \%attr; } # ------------------------------------------------------------------------- # Merge in form base defaults # sub init { my $self = shift; my $defn = shift; # Munge form => 1 to form => {} for cleaner merging $defn->{form} = {} if $defn->{form} && ! ref $defn->{form}; $defn = $self->merge({ form => { method => 'post' }, formtype => 'form', table => { cellpadding => '2' }, style => 'across', labels => 1, hidden => {}, # submit => [ 'submit' ], xhtml => 1, use_name_as_id => 0, null => ' ', errors_where => 'top', errors_format => sub { return qq(

\n) . join(qq(
\n), @_) . qq(\n

\n); }, # errors_format => sub { # return qq(

\n) . # join(qq(
\n), @_) . # qq(\n

\n); # }, field_attr => { -select => { size => undef }, -submit => { maxlength => undef, size => undef }, -required => { th => { style => 'color:blue' }, label_format => '%s' }, # -required => { label_format => '%s [*]' }, -errors => { th => { style => 'color:red' }, label_format => '%s', # td_error => { style => 'color:red;font-weight:bold' }, td_error => { class => 'error' }, }, }, }, $defn) unless $defn->{formtype} && $defn->{formtype} eq 'table'; return $self->SUPER::init($defn); } # # Filter Tabulate td_attr into td_attr and input_attr # sub cell_merge_defaults { my ($self, $row, $field) = @_; # Call base version my ($fattr, $td_attr) = $self->SUPER::cell_merge_defaults($row, $field); return ($fattr, $td_attr) if $self->{defn_t}->{formtype} eq 'table'; # Filter td_attr into td_attr and input_attr my $input_attr = {}; my $td2_attr = {}; for (keys %$td_attr) { if ($TEXT_ATTR{$_} || $TEXTAREA_ATTR{$_} || $SELECT_ATTR{$_}) { if ($fattr->{type} && $fattr->{type} eq 'select') { $input_attr->{$_} = $td_attr->{$_} if $SELECT_ATTR{$_}; } elsif ($fattr->{type} && $fattr->{type} eq 'textarea') { $input_attr->{$_} = $td_attr->{$_} if $TEXTAREA_ATTR{$_}; } elsif (! defined $fattr->{type} || $fattr->{type} eq '' || $fattr->{type} eq 'text' || $fattr->{type} eq 'password') { $input_attr->{$_} = $td_attr->{$_} if $TEXT_ATTR{$_}; } else { $input_attr->{$_} = $td_attr->{$_} if $INPUT_ATTR{$_}; } } # Pass all other attributes up to the enclosing TD else { $td2_attr->{$_} = $td_attr->{$_}; } } # If data, save td2_attr and input_attr back into $self->{defn_t} if ($row) { $fattr->{td_attr} = $td2_attr; $fattr->{input_attr} = $input_attr; $self->{defn_t}->{field_attr}->{$field} = $fattr; } return ($fattr, $td2_attr); } # One-off or dataset-specific presentation definition munging sub prerender_munge { my $self = shift; # Call SUPER version first $self->SUPER::prerender_munge(@_); my $defn_t = $self->{defn_t}; if ($defn_t->{formtype} eq 'table') { delete $defn_t->{form}; return; } # Map top-level 'hidden' arrayref/hashref into fields if (ref $defn_t->{hidden} eq 'HASH') { for my $hidden (keys %{$defn_t->{hidden}}) { $defn_t->{field_attr}->{$hidden} ||= {}; $defn_t->{field_attr}->{$hidden}->{type} = 'hidden'; push @{$defn_t->{fields}}, $hidden unless grep /^$hidden$/, @{$defn_t->{fields}}; } } elsif (ref $defn_t->{hidden} eq 'ARRAY') { for my $hidden (@{$defn_t->{hidden}}) { $defn_t->{field_attr}->{$hidden} ||= {}; $defn_t->{field_attr}->{$hidden}->{type} = 'hidden'; push @{$defn_t->{fields}}, $hidden unless grep /^$hidden$/, @{$defn_t->{fields}}; } # Reset to hashref $defn_t->{hidden} = {}; } # Map top-level 'required' array into fields my $required = $defn_t->{required}; if ($required && ! ref $required && $required =~ m/^(ALL|NONE)$/) { if ($required eq 'NONE') { $defn_t->{required} = $required = []; } elsif ($defn_t->{fields} && ref $defn_t->{fields} eq 'ARRAY') { $defn_t->{required} = $required = [ @{$defn_t->{fields}} ]; } } elsif ($required && ! ref $required) { $defn_t->{required} = $required = [ $required ]; } if ($required && ref $required eq 'ARRAY') { for (@$required) { $defn_t->{field_attr}->{$_} ||= {}; $defn_t->{field_attr}->{$_}->{required} = 1; } } # Add default submit if fields $defn_t->{submit} = [ 'submit' ] if exists $defn_t->{fields} && ! exists $defn_t->{submit}; # Reset errors_where unless we have error_messages my $error_messages = 0; if ($self->{defn_t}->{errors}) { for (keys %{$self->{defn_t}->{errors}}) { $error_messages = 1, last if $self->{defn_t}->{errors}->{$_} ne ''; } $self->{defn_t}->{errors_where} = 'column' if $error_messages && $self->{defn_t}->{errors_where} !~ m/^(column|top)$/; } $self->{defn_t}->{errors_where} = '' unless $error_messages; # Default primkey to first field if not set # $defn->{primkey} = $defn->{fields}->[0] # if ! $defn->{primkey} && # $defn->{fields} && ref $defn->{fields} eq 'ARRAY'; # Default primkey type to 'static' if not set # my $primkey = $defn->{primkey}; # if ($primkey) { # $defn->{field_attr}->{$primkey} ||= {}; # $defn->{field_attr}->{$primkey}->{type} = 'static' # if $primkey && ! $defn->{field_attr}->{$primkey}->{type}; # } } # ------------------------------------------------------------------------- # Override start_tag to add explicit 'id' fields if use_name_as_id is set # sub start_tag { my $self = shift; my $tag = shift; my $attr = shift; if ($self->{defn_t}->{use_name_as_id} && $tag =~ qr/^(input|select|textarea)$/ && exists $attr->{name}) { $attr->{id} ||= $attr->{name}; } return $self->SUPER::start_tag($tag, $attr, @_); } # ------------------------------------------------------------------------- # Render cells as appropriate input type etc. # sub cell_content { my $self = shift; my ($row, $field, $fattr) = @_; $fattr ||= $self->{defn_t}->{field}->{$field} || {}; $fattr->{type} ||= 'text' if $row; # No special handling required for labels or 'table' forms or composites if (! defined $row or $self->{defn_t}->{formtype} eq 'table' or $fattr->{composite}) { my ($fvalue, $value) = $self->SUPER::cell_content(@_); # Cache label values for later e.g. error_messages $self->{defn_t}->{_labels}->{$field} = $value if ! defined $row; return wantarray ? ($fvalue, $value) : $fvalue; } # Call the parent cell_value to get the data value to use my $value = $self->SUPER::cell_value(@_); undef $value if defined $self->{defn_t}->{null} && $value eq $self->{defn_t}->{null}; undef $value if defined $value && $value eq ''; # Create (etc.) fields my $out = ''; delete $fattr->{value} if defined $self->{defn_t}->{null} && defined $fattr->{value} && $fattr->{value} eq $self->{defn_t}->{null}; if ($fattr->{type} eq 'static' || $fattr->{type} eq 'display') { if ($fattr->{vlabel}) { if (ref $fattr->{vlabel}) { if (ref $fattr->{vlabel} eq 'CODE') { $out .= $fattr->{vlabel}->($value, $row, $field); } } else { $out .= sprintf $fattr->{vlabel}, $value; } } else { $out .= $value; } delete $fattr->{vlabel}; $out .= $self->start_tag('input', { type => 'hidden', name => $field, value => $value }, 'close') if $fattr->{type} eq 'static'; } # Select fields elsif ($fattr->{type} eq 'select') { my $values = $fattr->{values}; # Allow code on values if (ref $values eq 'CODE') { my @values = $values->($field, $row); $values = @values == 1 && ref $values[0] ? $values[0] : \@values; } if (ref $values eq 'ARRAY' && @$values) { $out .= $self->start_tag('select', { %{$fattr->{input_attr}}, name => $field }); my $vlabels = $fattr->{vlabels} || {}; # Iterate over values, creating options for (my $i = 0; $i <= $#$values; $i++) { my $v = $values->[$i]; my $oattr = {}; $oattr->{value} = $v if defined $v; if (defined $value) { # Multi-values make sense in select contexts if (ref $value eq 'ARRAY') { $oattr->{selected} = 'selected' if grep { $v eq $_ } @$value; } else { $oattr->{selected} = 'selected' if $v eq $value; } } $out .= $self->start_tag('option', $oattr); my $vlabel = ''; if (ref $vlabels eq 'CODE') { # Two styles are supported for vlabel subroutines - the sub # can either just return a single label based on the given # value, or the first invocation can return an arrayref or # hashref containing the whole set of labels my @vlabels = $vlabels->($v, $field, $row); $vlabel = @vlabels == 1 ? $vlabels[0] : \@vlabels; # Replace vlabels if arrayref or hashref returned if (ref $vlabel) { $vlabels = $vlabel; $vlabel = ''; } } if (ref $vlabels eq 'HASH') { $vlabel = $vlabels->{$v}; } elsif (ref $vlabels eq 'ARRAY') { $vlabel = $vlabels->[$i]; } $vlabel = $v if ! defined $vlabel or $vlabel eq ''; $out .= $vlabel; $out .= $self->end_tag('option'); } $out .= $self->end_tag('select'); } } # Radio fields elsif ($fattr->{type} eq 'radio') { my $values = $fattr->{values}; # Allow code on values if (ref $values eq 'CODE') { my @values = $values->($field, $row); $values = @values == 1 && ref $values[0] ? $values[0] : \@values; } if (ref $values eq 'ARRAY' && @$values) { # $out .= $self->start_tag('select', # { %{$fattr->{input_attr}}, name => $field }); my $vlabels = $fattr->{vlabels} || {}; # Iterate over values my @out = (); for (my $i = 0; $i <= $#$values; $i++) { my $v = $values->[$i]; my $oattr = {}; $oattr->{value} = $v if defined $v; if (defined $value) { # Multi-values make sense in select contexts if (ref $value eq 'ARRAY') { $oattr->{selected} = 'selected' if grep { $v eq $_ } @$value; } else { $oattr->{selected} = 'selected' if $v eq $value; } } my $input = $self->start_tag('input', { %{$fattr->{input_attr}}, name => $field, type => 'radio', ($self->{defn_t}->{use_name_as_id} ? (id => "${field}_$i") : ()), (defined $v ? (value => $v) : ()), (defined $value && ! ref $value && defined $v && $v eq $value ? (checked => 'checked') : ()), }, 'close'); my $vlabel = ''; if (ref $vlabels eq 'CODE') { # Two styles are supported for vlabel subroutines - the sub # can either just return a single label based on the given # value, or the first invocation can return an arrayref or # hashref containing the whole set of labels my @vlabels = $vlabels->($v, $field, $row); $vlabel = @vlabels == 1 ? $vlabels[0] : \@vlabels; # Replace vlabels if arrayref or hashref returned if (ref $vlabel) { $vlabels = $vlabel; $vlabel = ''; } } if (ref $vlabels eq 'HASH') { $vlabel = $vlabels->{$v}; } elsif (ref $vlabels eq 'ARRAY') { $vlabel = $vlabels->[$i]; } $vlabel = $v if ! defined $vlabel or $vlabel eq ''; # TODO: need a way of controlling the format used here push @out, "$vlabel $input"; } # TODO: need a way of designating the join here too $out .= join(' ', @out); } } # Hidden fields elsif ($fattr->{type} eq 'hidden') { $out .= $self->start_tag('input', { type => 'hidden', name => $field, value => $value }, 'close'); } # Textareas elsif ($fattr->{type} eq 'textarea') { $out .= $self->start_tag('textarea', { %{$fattr->{input_attr}}, name => $field, }); $out .= $value . $self->end_tag('textarea'); } # Input fields else { $out .= $self->start_tag('input', { %{$fattr->{input_attr}}, name => $field, type => $fattr->{type}, value => $value }, 'close'); } # Now format using $out as value return $self->SUPER::cell_format($out, $fattr, $row, $field); } # Derived cell_format_escape - escaping not supported sub cell_format_escape { my $self = shift; my ($data) = @_; return $data; } # Derived cell_format_link - ignore links except for display fields sub cell_format_link { my $self = shift; my ($data, $fattr, $row, $field, $data_unformatted) = @_; return $data if $fattr->{type} && $fattr->{type} ne 'display'; return $self->SUPER::cell_format_link(@_); } # Derived cell_tags, for special handling of hiddens sub cell_tags { my $self = shift; my ($data, $row, $field, $tx_attr) = @_; # Default handling for 'table' forms return $self->SUPER::cell_tags(@_) if $self->{defn_t}->{formtype} eq 'table'; # Default handling if not a 'hidden' my $type = $self->{defn_t}->{field_attr}->{$field}->{type}; return $self->SUPER::cell_tags(@_) unless $type && $type eq 'hidden'; return $data; } # Merge in extra default sets: -submit for submit fields, -required for # required fields, -errors for fields with errors sub cell_merge_extras { my $self = shift; my ($row, $field) = @_; my %extra = (); # Hack: -submit => { table => 0 } is used to signal external submits if (ref $self->{defn_t}->{field_attr}->{-submit} eq 'HASH' && exists $self->{defn_t}->{field_attr}->{-submit}->{table}) { $self->{defn_t}->{submit_table} = $self->{defn_t}->{field_attr}->{-submit}->{table}; delete $self->{defn_t}->{field_attr}->{-submit}->{table}; } # -select fields @extra{keys %{$self->{defn_t}->{field_attr}->{-select}}} = values %{$self->{defn_t}->{field_attr}->{-select}} if $self->{defn_t}->{field_attr}->{-select} && ref $self->{defn_t}->{field_attr}->{-select} eq 'HASH' && $self->{defn_t}->{field_attr}->{$field}->{type} && $self->{defn_t}->{field_attr}->{$field}->{type} eq 'select'; # -submit fields @extra{keys %{$self->{defn_t}->{field_attr}->{-submit}}} = values %{$self->{defn_t}->{field_attr}->{-submit}} if $self->{defn_t}->{field_attr}->{-submit} && ref $self->{defn_t}->{field_attr}->{-submit} eq 'HASH' && $self->{defn_t}->{submit_hash}->{$field}; # -required fields @extra{keys %{$self->{defn_t}->{field_attr}->{-required}}} = values %{$self->{defn_t}->{field_attr}->{-required}} if $self->{defn_t}->{field_attr}->{-required} && $self->{defn_t}->{field_attr}->{$field}->{required}; # -errors fields @extra{keys %{$self->{defn_t}->{field_attr}->{-errors}}} = values %{$self->{defn_t}->{field_attr}->{-errors}} if $self->{defn_t}->{field_attr}->{-errors} && exists $self->{defn_t}->{errors}->{$field}; return %extra; } # Extract per-field table attribute definitions (tr, th, td, td_error) sub extract_field_table_attr { my $self = shift; my ($td_attr, $th_attr) = @_; $td_attr ||= {}; $th_attr ||= {}; my $tr_attr = $self->{defn_t}->{tr} || {}; if ($td_attr->{tr} && ref $td_attr->{tr} eq 'HASH') { $tr_attr = { %$tr_attr, %{$td_attr->{tr}} }; delete $td_attr->{tr}; } if ($td_attr->{th} && ref $td_attr->{th} eq 'HASH') { $th_attr = { %$th_attr, %{$td_attr->{th}} }; delete $td_attr->{th}; } if ($td_attr->{td} && ref $td_attr->{td} eq 'HASH') { $td_attr = { %$td_attr, %{$td_attr->{td}} }; delete $td_attr->{td}; } # 'td_error' components are only applied to (column) error messages my $error_td_attr; if ($td_attr->{td_error} && ref $td_attr->{td_error} eq 'HASH') { my $td = $td_attr->{td_error}; delete $td_attr->{td_error}; $error_td_attr = { %$td_attr, %$td } if $self->{defn_t}->{errors_where} eq 'column'; } return $tr_attr, $td_attr, $th_attr, $error_td_attr; } # Derived row_across, for special handling of hiddens sub row_across { my $self = shift; my ($data, $rownum, $field) = @_; # Default handling for 'table' forms return $self->SUPER::row_across(@_) if $self->{defn_t}->{formtype} eq 'table'; # Need to call cell_merge_defaults early, since there may be # settings that affect the whole row (single row table assumed) my ($lattr, $th_attr) = $self->cell_merge_defaults(undef, $field); my ($fattr, $td_attr) = $self->cell_merge_defaults($rownum, $field); # Special handling for 'hidden' and 'omit' fields my $type = $fattr->{type} || ''; if ($type eq 'hidden') { # Don't render - just update top-level hidden hashref my $value = $self->{defn_t}->{hidden}->{$field}; $self->{defn_t}->{hidden}->{$field} = $self->SUPER::cell_content( $data->[0], $field, $fattr) unless defined $value; # Reset null-ified values $self->{defn_t}->{hidden}->{$field} = '' if $self->{defn_t}->{hidden}->{$field} eq $self->{defn_t}->{null}; return ''; } elsif ($type eq 'omit') { return ''; } my ($tr_attr, $error_td_attr); ($tr_attr, $td_attr, $th_attr, $error_td_attr) = $self->extract_field_table_attr($td_attr, $th_attr); my @format = (); my @value = (); push @format, $self->cell(undef, $field, $lattr, $th_attr); push @value, $self->cell(undef, $field, $lattr, $th_attr, tags => 0); push @format, $self->cell($data->[0], $field, $fattr, $td_attr); push @value, $self->cell($data->[0], $field, $fattr, $td_attr, tags => 0); # Column errors if ($self->{defn_t}->{errors_where} eq 'column') { my $error = ref $self->{defn_t}->{errors}->{$field} eq 'ARRAY' ? join ("
", map { sprintf $_, $self->{defn_t}->{_labels}->{$field} } @{$self->{defn_t}->{errors}->{$field}}) : sprintf($self->{defn_t}->{errors}->{$field} || ' ', $self->{defn_t}->{_labels}->{$field}); push @format, $self->cell_tags($error, 1, $field, $error_td_attr); } # Generate output $tr_attr = { %$tr_attr, %{ $self->tr_attr($rownum, \@value, $data) } }; my $row = $self->start_tag('tr', $tr_attr); $row .= join '', @format; $row .= $self->end_tag('tr', $tr_attr) . "\n"; return $row; } # Override body_across to avoid automatic field derivation sub body_across { my $self = shift; my $fields = $self->{defn_t}->{fields}; return '' unless $fields && ref $fields eq 'ARRAY' && @$fields; $self->SUPER::body_across(@_); } # Output hidden fields sub hidden { my $self = shift; my $out = ''; if (ref $self->{defn_t}->{hidden} eq 'HASH') { for my $name (sort keys %{$self->{defn_t}->{hidden}}) { $out .= $self->start_tag('input', { type => 'hidden', name => $name, value => $self->{defn_t}->{hidden}->{$name}, }, 'close'); $out .= "\n"; } } return $out; } # Display submit etc. buttons sub submit { my $self = shift; my %arg = @_; my $out = ''; my $defn = $self->{defn_t}; return '' unless $defn->{submit}; # Map scalars to array (and submit => 1 == submit => 'submit') $defn->{submit} = [ $defn->{submit} == 1 ? 'submit' : $defn->{submit} ] if ! ref $defn->{submit}; $defn->{submit_hash} = { map { $_ => 1 } @{$defn->{submit}} }; # Build submit buttons input fields my ($tr_attr, $td_attr); my $first = 1; for my $field (@{$defn->{submit}}) { my ($fattr, $td) = $self->cell_merge_defaults(1, $field); my $tr; ($tr, $td) = $self->extract_field_table_attr($td); # Save tr/td attributes from first submit if ($first) { $tr_attr = $tr; $td_attr = $td; $first = 0; } my $field_id = lc $field; $field_id =~ s/\s+/_/g; my $field_value = $fattr->{value} || $fattr->{label} || join(' ', map { ucfirst } split /\s+/, $field); $out .= $self->start_tag('input', { type => 'submit', name => $field_id, id => $field_id, value => $field_value, %{$fattr->{input_attr}} }, 'close'); $out .= "\n"; } # Build submit line my $cols = $defn->{errors_where} && $defn->{errors_where} eq 'column' ? 3 : 2; if ($arg{table}) { $tr_attr = { %$tr_attr, %{$self->tr_attr(1, [ 'Submit', $out ])} }; return $self->start_tag('tr', $tr_attr) . $self->start_tag('td', { colspan => $cols, align => 'center', %$td_attr }) . "\n" . $out . $self->end_tag('td') . $self->end_tag('tr') . "\n"; } else { return $self->start_tag('p', $td_attr) . "\n" . $out . $self->end_tag('p') . "\n"; } } # Format error messages using errors_format sub top_errors { my $self = shift; my $defn_t = $self->{defn_t}; return '' unless $defn_t->{errors_format}; # Fields and labels should always be defined by this point my %errors = %{$defn_t->{errors}}; my @errors; # Report errors in field order for my $field (@{$defn_t->{fields}}) { if ($errors{$field}) { if (ref $errors{$field} eq 'ARRAY') { for my $err (@{$errors{$field}}) { push @errors, sprintf($err, $defn_t->{_labels}->{$field}); } } else { push @errors, sprintf($errors{$field}, $defn_t->{_labels}->{$field}); } delete $errors{$field}; } } # Report any remaining (presumably non-field-specific) errors for my $extra (sort keys %errors) { if (ref $errors{$extra} eq 'ARRAY') { push @errors, sprintf($_, $extra) foreach @{$errors{$extra}}; } else { push @errors, sprintf($errors{$extra}, $extra); } } return '' unless @errors; # If sub, simply invoke, passing all errors if (ref $defn_t->{errors_format}) { return $defn_t->{errors_format}->(@errors); } else { my $out = ''; for my $err (@errors) { $out .= sprintf $defn_t->{errors_format}, $err; $out .= "\n" unless substr($out,-1) eq "\n"; } return $out; } } # Derived pre_table to include top-style error messages sub pre_table { my $self = shift; my ($set) = @_; my $content = ''; $content .= $self->title($set) if $self->{defn_t}->{title}; $content .= $self->top_errors if $self->{defn_t}->{errors_where} && $self->{defn_t}->{errors_where} eq 'top'; $content .= $self->text($set) if $self->{defn_t}->{text}; return $content; } # # Derived start_table to include form tags # sub start_table { my ($self) = @_; my $out = ''; $out .= $self->start_tag('form',$self->{defn_t}->{form}) . "\n" if $self->{defn_t}->{form}; $out .= $self->SUPER::start_table(); return $out; } # # Derived end_table to include form tags and submits # sub end_table { my ($self) = @_; my $out = ''; if (exists $self->{defn_t}->{submit_table} && ! $self->{defn_t}->{submit_table}) { $out .= $self->SUPER::end_table(); $out .= $self->submit(); } else { $out .= $self->submit(table => 1); $out .= $self->SUPER::end_table(); } $out .= $self->hidden() if $self->{defn_t}->{hidden}; $out .= $self->end_tag('form') . "\n" if $self->{defn_t}->{form}; return $out; } # ------------------------------------------------------------------------- # Derived check_fields - unlike Tabulate, don't derive from data if undefined sub check_fields { my $self = shift; # Default handling for 'table' forms $self->SUPER::check_fields(@_) if $self->{defn_t}->{formtype} eq 'table'; } # Derived render_table - skip form altogether unless 'fields' or 'submit' sub render_table { my $self = shift; my ($set) = @_; # Default handling for 'table' forms return $self->SUPER::render_table(@_) if $self->{defn_t}->{formtype} eq 'table'; # Decide whether we need a form my $fields = $self->{defn_t}->{fields}; my $submit = $self->{defn_t}->{submit}; my $do_form = ($fields && ref $fields eq 'ARRAY' && @$fields) || ($submit && ref $submit eq 'ARRAY' && @$submit); # Ignore 'style' - we just always use 'across' my $body = $self->body_across($set) if $do_form; # Build table my $table = ''; $table .= $self->pre_table($set); if ($do_form) { $table .= $self->start_table(); $table .= $body; $table .= $self->end_table(); } $table .= $self->post_table($set); return $table; } # ------------------------------------------------------------------------- # Derived render to setup procedural call if necessary sub render { my $self = shift; my ($set, $defn) = @_; # If $self is not blessed, this is a procedural call, $self is $set if (ref $self eq 'HASH' || ref $self eq 'ARRAY') { $defn = $set; $set = $self; $self = __PACKAGE__->new($defn); undef $defn; } # Call super version $self->SUPER::render(@_); } 1; __END__ =head1 NAME HTML::Formulate - module for producing/rendering HTML forms =head1 SYNOPSIS # Simple employee create form $f = HTML::Formulate->new({ fields => [ qw(firstname surname email position) ], required => [ qw(firstname surname) ], }); print $f->render; outputs:
Firstname
Surname
Email
Position
# Simple employee edit form $f = HTML::Formulate->new({ fields => [ qw(emp_id firstname surname email position) ], required => [ qw(firstname surname) ], field_attr => { emp_id => { type => 'hidden' }, }, }); print $f->render(\%data); outputs the same form but with an additional 'hidden' emp_id input field, and data values from the %data hash in the relevant input field values. =head1 DESCRIPTION HTML::Formulate is a module used to produce HTML forms. It uses a presentation definition hash to control the output format, which is great for flexible programmatic control, inheritance, and subclassing (e.g. defining site- or section-specific HTML::Formulate subclasses and then producing standardised forms very easily). On the other hand, it doesn't give you the very fine-grained control over presentation that you get using a template-based system. HTML::Formulate handles only form presentation - it doesn't include any validation or processing functionality (although it does include functionality for displaying validation errors). If you're after the processing end of things, check out CGI::FormFactory, which uses HTML::Formulate and Data::FormValidator to manage the full HTML form lifecycle. CGI::FormBuilder is another good alternative. HTML::Formulate also allows form definitions to be built in multiple stages, so that you can define a base form with common definitions (either on the fly or as a dedicated subclass) and then provide only the details that are particular to your new form. =head1 FORM DEFINITION ARGUMENTS HTML::Formulate is a subclass of HTML::Tabulate, and uses HTML tables to lay out its forms. It supports all the standard HTML::Tabulate presentation definition arguments - see HTML::Tabulate for details. Probably the following are the most important: =over 5 =item fields Arrayref of field names =item field_attr Hashref defining per-field attributes (important - see HTML::Tabulate for the details, and the FIELD ATTRIBUTE ARGUMENTS section below) =item table, tr, th, td Hashrefs defining attributes to be applied to the relevant table element =item title, text, caption Scalars or subroutine references (see HTML::Tabulate) defining simple text elements to be displayed before or after the form =back In addition, HTML::Formulate supports the following form-specific definition arguments: =over 4 =item form Hashref defining attributes to be set on the form tag. Can also be used as a scalar with a false value to omit the form elements from the rendered form (presumably because you're handling them explicitly yourself). Default: form => { method => 'post' } =item formtype Scalar - currently just 'form' or 'table'. A 'table' form suppresses all the HTML::Formulate extras, producing a vanilla HTML::Tabulate table from your definition. =item submit Arrayref of submit/button/reset elements to display at the bottom of your form. By default, these are rendered as (e.g. for submit => [ 'Search' ]): type="submit" name="search" id="search" value="Search" input elements. To change attributes, use a named field_attr section (see FIELD ATTRIBUTE ARGUMENTS below) or the special field_attr '-submit' section (which applies to all submit elements). Default: submit => [ 'submit' ] To omit submit elements altogether, use: submit => [] # or submit => 0 =item required Arrayref of field names that are required/mandatory fields, or a scalar field name if only one field is required. The special field names 'ALL' and 'NONE' are also supported. Default: none. Required fields are marked as such, usually on the field label. By default, required field labels are rendered as: Label This colours required labels blue, by default, but can be overridden by defining a CSS 'required' class. This default itself can be overridden by defining per-field attributes (typically 'th' and 'label_format') for the '-required' pseudo-field (see '-required' below). =item hidden Arrayref of field names to render as hidden elements, or a hashref of field => value pairs. Hiddens can also be defined within a field attribute section by setting the field type to 'hidden'. Default: none. =item use_name_as_id Boolean. If true, HTML::Formulate will add an id attribute set to the field name on any input/select/textarea fields that do not have an id. =item errors Hashref defining a set of field => error_message pairs to be displayed as errors on the form (multiple error messages per field are also supported by making the value an arrayref of error messages). Errors are displayed in two ways: the list error messages are error messages is displayed either above the form or in a third column within the form (see 'errors_where' to control which); and error field labels are modified to indicate an error. Error messages are listed in form field order if the error key is recognised as a field name ('field errors'); any others are not recognised as field names ('extra errors') are listed after this. Error messages are treated as sprintf messages, with a '%s' in the message replaced by the field label (for field errors) or the error key (for extra errors). Errors without %s placeholders therefore just get rendered as literals. Field error labels are by default rendered in a similar way to 'required' fields, like this: Label This colours error labels red, but can be overridden by defining a CSS 'error_field' class. This default itself can be overridden by defining per-field attributes (typically 'th' and 'label_format') for the '-errors' pseudo-field (see '-errors' below). Error messages, if defined, are displayed as a list before the form (errors_where => 'top') or in a third table column annotating each field (errors_where => 'column'). See 'errors_where' following. =item errors_where Scalar, either 'top' or 'column'. If 'top', error messages are displayed as a list before the form - see errors_format to control how this list is formatted. If 'column', error messages are displayed in a third table column immediately to the right of the relevant field. Default: top. =item errors_format Subroutine reference or scalar defining how to format 'top' style error messages. If a subroutine, is passed the array of messages as arguments, and is expected to return a string containing the formatted errors. If a scalar, is interpreted as a sprintf pattern to be applied per-message, with the results simply joined with newlines - in particular, the scalar should include any HTML line breaks required. e.g. errors_format => '%s
' Default is a subref that renders messages like this:

Error 1 Error 2

producing red bold error messages, which can be overridden by defining a CSS 'error' class. =back =head1 FIELD ATTRIBUTE ARGUMENTS Per-field attributes can be defined in a 'field_attr' hashref (see HTML::Tabulate for the details). In addition to the standard HTML::Tabulate attributes (and the '-defaults' pseudo-field), HTML::Formulate defines some extra attributes and a set of extra pseudo-fields, as follows. =head2 FORMULATE PSEUDO-FIELDS =over 4 =item -select A hashref of field attributes to be used for all (some formatting newlines added). If you want to use a different label than the underlying data value, you can set a scalar or coderef 'vlabel', similar to selects. A scalar vlabel is interpreted as a sprintf pattern passed the current data value i.e. $label = sprintf($vlabel,$value). For example: emp_id => { type => 'static', value => '123', vlabel => 'E%05d' } is rendered as: Emp ID E00123 (newlines added). A coderef vlabel is passed the standard arguments: value, row, field e.g. emp_id => { type => 'static', value => '123', vlabel => sub { my ($value, $row, $field) = @_; sprintf 'E%05d', $value; }} renders the same as the previous example. =item omit The field is to be omitted altogether i.e. no row or input field is to be included for this field. This is useful either to temporarily comment out a field without deleting its field attribute definition, or if you're doing something like building the field manually yourself for some reason, and still want it validated etc. as part of 'fields'. =back =item required A boolean allowing you to specify whether this field is required, as an alternative to including it in a 'required' arrayref at the top-level. =item values An arrayref or subroutine defining (or returning) a list of possible values for a field, typically used in defining the possible values of a list field e.g. a select, checkbox set, etc. If a subroutine, it is called as follows: $values_sub->( $field, $row ); where $field is the field name, and $row is the current data row. It is expected to return a arrayref of values to use. =item vlabels An arrayref or subroutine defining (or returning) a list of labels to be associated with the corresponding items in the values arrayref above. Alternatively, it may be (or return) a hashref defining value => label correspondences explicitly. If a subroutine, it is called as follows: $vlabels_sub->( $v, $field, $row ) where $v is the current value, $field is the field name, and $row is the current data row. The subroutine may return any of the following: an arrayref defining the entire list of labels for this field, in the same order as the values arrayref; a hashref defining the entire set of labels for this field, mapping values to labels; or a scalar, defining the label for the given value only. =item OTHER ATTRIBUTES All other attributes defined for a field are taken to be attributes to be applied either to the field input or textarea or select tag (if it looks like a valid attribute for the tag in question e.g. class, name, id, size, maxlength, etc.), or else are applied to the enclosing and table tags (as for HTML::Tabulate - see Tabulate documentation). =back =head1 EXAMPLES =over 4 =item User login form $f = HTML::Formulate->new({ fields => [ qw(username password) ], required => 'ALL', submit => [ qw(login) ], field_attr => { password => { type => 'password' }, }, }); =item User registration form $f = HTML::Formulate->new({ fields => [ qw(firstname surname email password password_confirm) ], required => 'ALL', submit => [ qw(register) ], field_attr => { qr/^password/ => { type => 'password' }, }, }); =back =head1 SEE ALSO HTML::Tabulate, CGI::FormFactory, CGI::FormBuilder =head1 AUTHOR Gavin Carr, Egavin@openfusion.com.auE =head1 COPYRIGHT Copyright 2003-2004, Open Fusion Pty Ltd. All Rights Reserved. This program is free software. You may copy or redistribute it under the same terms as perl itself. =cut # arch-tag: 59168fb3-8198-4caf-aed3-18ec54532bfd