method

password_field

v1_8_7_330 - Show latest stable - 0 notes - Class: CGI::HtmlExtension

password_field(name = "", value = nil, size = 40, maxlength = nil) public

Generate a Password Input element as a string.

name is the name of the input field. value is its default value. size is the size of the input field display. maxlength is the maximum length of the inputted password.

Alternatively, attributes can be specified as a hash.

password_field("name")
  # <INPUT TYPE="password" NAME="name" SIZE="40">

password_field("name", "value")
  # <INPUT TYPE="password" NAME="name" VALUE="value" SIZE="40">

password_field("password", "value", 80, 200)
  # <INPUT TYPE="password" NAME="name" VALUE="value" SIZE="80" MAXLENGTH="200">

password_field("NAME" => "name", "VALUE" => "value")
  # <INPUT TYPE="password" NAME="name" VALUE="value">

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# File lib/cgi.rb, line 1792
    def password_field(name = "", value = nil, size = 40, maxlength = nil)
      attributes = if name.kind_of?(String)
                     { "TYPE" => "password", "NAME" => name,
                       "VALUE" => value, "SIZE" => size.to_s }
                   else
                     name["TYPE"] = "password"
                     name
                   end
      attributes["MAXLENGTH"] = maxlength.to_s if maxlength
      input(attributes)
    end

password_field

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