Finding Value of a Checkbox and unchecking it

[waiterm]

Hi,

I've been trying to find the value of a checkbox first using

http://WWW::Mechanize

and then using HTML::Form, I've also just realised that the attributes of the checkbox suggests that no value has been assigned:

<INPUT type=checkbox CHECKED name=club_info>

What is the default value of the checkbox in this case?

I'm actually trying to uncheck the box using Mechanize, however I keep on getting the following error:

No checkbox "club_info" for value "" in form at...

I've tried True/False/""/0/1 but can't seem to find the correct value and hence the error keeps on popping up.

Any ideas/thoughts would be gratefully accepted.

Rob Waite

http://www.hostpipe.co.uk?src=TT

 

[tchatzi]

Why dont you

use CGI;

parse every value from your form to a cgi object,

and check if '$query->param('club_info')' is true.

if its not true (which means that it is Not checked)then you can check it like this

print $query->checkbox( -name=>'club_info',
                        -values=>[club_info],
                        -default=>'club_info');

which gives you a checked checkbox

or if it is true (which means that it is checked)then you can Uncheck it like this

print $query->checkbox( 'club_info');

which gives you an unchecked checkbox

or if you want to do it with HTML then for an empty checkbox is like this

<input type="checkbox" name="club_info" value="club_info" />Club Info<br />

and for a checked checkbox is like this

<input type="checkbox" name="club_info" value="club_info" checked="checked" />Club Info<br />