method

form

v1_8_6_287 - Show latest stable - 0 notes - Class: CGI::HtmlExtension

form(method = "post", action = script_name, enctype = "application/x-www-form-urlencoded") public

Generate a Form element as a string.

method should be either "get" or "post", and defaults to the latter. action defaults to the current CGI script name. enctype defaults to "application/x-www-form-urlencoded".

Alternatively, the attributes can be specified as a hash.

See also #multipart_form() for forms that include file uploads.

  form{ "string" }
    # <FORM METHOD="post" ENCTYPE="application/x-www-form-urlencoded">string</FORM>

  form("get") { "string" }
    # <FORM METHOD="get" ENCTYPE="application/x-www-form-urlencoded">string</FORM>

  form("get", "url") { "string" }
    # <FORM METHOD="get" ACTION="url" ENCTYPE="application/x-www-form-urlencoded">string</FORM>

  form("METHOD" => "post", "ENCTYPE" => "enctype") { "string" }
    # <FORM METHOD="post" ENCTYPE="enctype">string</FORM>

Show source

# File lib/cgi.rb, line 1546
    def form(method = "post", action = script_name, enctype = "application/x-www-form-urlencoded")
      attributes = if method.kind_of?(String)
                     { "METHOD" => method, "ACTION" => action,
                       "ENCTYPE" => enctype } 
                   else
                     unless method.has_key?("METHOD")
                       method["METHOD"] = "post"
                     end
                     unless method.has_key?("ENCTYPE")
                       method["ENCTYPE"] = enctype
                     end
                     method
                   end
      if block_given?
        body = yield
      else
        body = ""
      end
      if @output_hidden
        body += @output_hidden.collect{|k,v|
          "<INPUT TYPE=\"HIDDEN\" NAME=\"#{k}\" VALUE=\"#{v}\">"
        }.to_s
      end
      super(attributes){body}
    end

form

Related methods