SN | Methods with Description |
1 | CGI::new([ level="query"]) Creates a CGI object. level may be one of the following options. If one of the HTML levels is specified, the following methods are defined for generating output conforming to that level:
- query: No HTML output generated
- html3: HTML3.2
- html4: HTML4.0 Strict
- html4Tr: HTML4.0 Transitional
- html4Fr: HTML4.0 Frameset
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2 | CGI::escape( str) Escapes an unsafe string using URL-encoding. |
3 | CGI::unescape( str) Expands a string that has been escaped using URL-encoding. |
4 | CGI::escapeHTML( str) Escapes HTML special characters, including: & < >. |
5 | CGI::unescapeHTML( str) Expands escaped HTML special characters, including: & < >. |
6 | CGI::escapeElement( str[, element...]) Escapes HTML special characters in the specified HTML elements. |
7 | CGI::unescapeElement( str, element[, element...]) Expands escaped HTML special characters in the specified HTML elements. |
8 | CGI::parse( query) Parses the query and returns a hash containing its key-value pairs. |
9 | CGI::pretty( string[, leader=" "]) Returns a neatly formatted version of the HTML string. If leader is specified, it's written at the beginning of each line. The default value for leader is two spaces. |
10 | CGI::rfc1123_date( time) Formats the data and time according to RFC-1123 (for example, Tue, 2 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT). |
SN | Methods with Description |
1 | c[ name] Returns an array containing the value of the field name corresponding to name. |
2 | c.checkbox( name[, value[, check=false]])
c.checkbox( options) Returns an HTML string defining a checkbox field. Tag attributes may be specified in a hash passed as an argument. |
3 | c.checkbox_group( name, value...)
c.checkbox_group( options) Returns an HTML string defining a checkbox group. Tag attributes may be specified in a hash passed as an argument. |
4 | c.file_field( name[, size=20[, max]])
c.file_field( options) Returns an HTML string defining a file field. |
5 | c.form([ method="post"[, url]]) { ...}
c.form( options) Returns an HTML string defining a form. If a block is specified, the string produced by its output creates the contents of the form. Tag attributes may be specified in a hash passed as an argument. |
6 | c.cookies Returns a hash containing a CGI::Cookie object containing keys and values from a cookie. |
7 | c.header([ header]) Returns a CGI header containing the information in header. If header is a hash, its key-value pairs are used to create the header. |
8 | c.hidden( name[, value])
c.hidden( options) Returns an HTML string defining a HIDDEN field. Tag attributes may be specified in a hash passed as an argument. |
9 | c.image_button( url[, name[, alt]])
c.image_button( options) Returns an HTML string defining an image button. Tag attributes may be specified in a hash passed as an argument. |
10 | c.keys Returns an array containing the field names from the form. |
11 | c.key?( name)
c.has_key?( name)
c.include?( name) Returns true if the form contains the specified field name. |
12 | c.multipart_form([ url[, encode]]) { ...}
c.multipart_form( options) { ...} Returns an HTML string defining a multipart form. If a block is specified, the string produced by its output creates the contents of the form. Tag attributes may be specified in a hash passed as an argument. |
13 | c.out([ header]) { ...} Generates HTML output. Uses the string produced by the block's output to create the body of the page. |
14 | c.params Returns a hash containing field names and values from the form. |
15 | c.params= hash Sets field names and values in the form using a hash. |
16 | c.password_field( name[, value[, size=40[, max]]])
c.password_field( options) Returns an HTML string defining a password field. Tag attributes may be specified in a hash passed as an argument. |
17 | c.popup_menu( name, value...)
c.popup_menu( options)
c.scrolling_list( name, value...)
c.scrolling_list( options) Returns an HTML string defining a pop-up menu. Tag attributes may be specified in a hash passed as an argument. |
18 | c.radio_button( name[, value[, checked=false]])
c.radio_button( options) Returns an HTML string defining a radio button. Tag attributes may be specified in a hash passed as an argument. |
19 | c.radio_group( name, value...)
c.radio_group( options) Returns an HTML string defining a radio button group. Tag attributes may be specified in a hash passed as an argument. |
20 | c.reset( name[, value])
c.reset( options) Returns an HTML string defining a reset button. Tag attributes may be specified in a hash passed as an argument. |
21 | c.text_field( name[, value[, size=40[, max]]])
c.text_field( options) Returns an HTML string defining a text field. Tag attributes may be specified in a hash passed as an argument. |
22 | c.textarea( name[, cols=70[, rows=10]]) { ...}
c.textarea( options) { ...} Returns an HTML string defining a text area. If a block is specified, the string produced by its output creates the contents of the text area. Tag attributes may be specified in a hash passed as an argument. |
You can create any HTML tag by using corresponding HTML tag name along with any CGI instance. For example: