[Catalyst] retrieving multiple values from forms

[Matt S Trout]

On Sat, Dec 15, 2007 at 01:10:52PM -0600, Andrew Rodland wrote:
> On Saturday 15 December 2007 11:58:12 am jagdish eashwar wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > The Catalyst Tutorial shows how to retrieve single values from a form.
> >
> > Example:- my $title = $c->request->params->{title} || '';
> >
> > How can I retrieve multiple values from a selection list into an array?
> 
> 
> See the perldoc for Catalyst::Request -- the 'param' method comes in handy 
> here.
> 
> @values = $c->req->param('whatever');

No it doesn't.

That method is there for CGI.pm compatibility. Don't use it in new code.

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