You could choose to create 3 different templates for select, continue or denied.
my $tmpl = "";
my $item = "CONTINUE";
if ($item eq "SELECT") {
$tmpl = "select.tmpl";
} elsif ($item eq "CONTINUE") {
$tmpl = "continue.tmpl";
} elsif ($item eq "DENIED"){
$tmpl = "denied.tmpl";
}
my $template = HTML::Template->new( filename => $tmpl );
So no ifs are needed in your template (i try to put as less logic as possible in my templates as i can)
Do you want (simple) logic? Try
HTML::Template::Expr.
However, you may wonder if you need it.
Another nice trick you can do with HTML::Template; call a perl function by using parameters, so you don't even need to register a function like in HTML::Template::Expr.
# template.tmpl
<TMPL_VAR NAME="function_xyz">
# Perl:
my $tmpl = HTML::Template->new( filename => 'template.tmpl' );
my @all_params = $tmpl->param();
foreach (@all_params) {
if ($_ =~ /^function_/i) {
my ($a,$b) = split (/_/,$_,2);
$tmpl->param($_ => $b() );
}
}
sub xyz {
return "template value needed";
}
"We all agree on the necessity of compromise. We just can't agree on when it's necessary to compromise." - Larry Wall.