On Wed, Apr 29, 2009 at 8:22 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi, everyone, > > I have come across something interesting. > > 1) User opens up a page that lists all his/her subscriptions > 2) Each subscription is a url and a parameter at the end (ie 'id=3325') > 3) User decides to edit one of the subscriptions. He/she clicks on one > with an id of 3389 (hence the url will point to > "http://lginsurance.com.au/subscriptions/edit?id=3389";) > 4) My controller, sub edit gets called, it works out some hidden values > and returns a web form/ > 5) The web form contains the following: > > a) 'name' = Text box for subscription alias > b) 'nominated_agent_code' = Text box for nominated agent code > c) 'id' = Hidden value which has the id of the current subscription > in question > 5.5) The url is now " > http://lginsurance.com.au/subscriptions/edit?id=3389"; > > 6) The user makes the necessary changes to name and/or nominated agent > code on the web form and clicks 'submit' > > 6.5) The Catalyst debug is as follows. Observe that the 'id' appears twice! > > [info] *** Request 3 (0.176/s) [24288] [Wed Apr 29 20:57:20 2009] *** > [debug] Query Parameters are: > > .-------------------------------------+--------------------------------------. > | Parameter | Value > | > > +-------------------------------------+--------------------------------------+ > | id | 3389 | > > '-------------------------------------+--------------------------------------' > [debug] Body Parameters are: > > .-------------------------------------+--------------------------------------. > | Parameter | Value > | > > +-------------------------------------+--------------------------------------+ > | id | 3389 > | > | name | fire and theft-main concourse > level | > | submit | submit > | > | nominated_agent_id | 4 | > > '-------------------------------------+--------------------------------------' > [debug] "POST" request for "users/subscriptions/update" from > "123.243.50.59" > [debug] Found sessionid "d11552045b04ccd6734582a4220d47398d022325" in > cookie > [debug] Restored session "d11552045b04ccd6734582a4220d47398d022325" > > > > 7) my controller, sub edit gets called. > This time, I extract all the values I got from the web form using > $c->request->params->{ <attribute-name> }; where attribute-name would be > 'name','nominated_agent_code' and 'id'. > > When I used data dumper to print out the value I got for 'id' , I > observed that 'id' is made out of an array of two values: '3389' and > '3389' (yet again!). > > > Guys, if the user is clicking on the submit button in step 6, that's a > POST request. So, why is the a 'query parameters' block present? From my > understanding, a query_parameter block is for GET requests. > > I know that to get the 'id' I want which is from the body parameters, I > should use $c->request->body_parameters{'id'} but in doing so, it looks > like I am avoiding the problem and its cause rather than understand what > it is about. > > > Help! >
Akimoto, You really need to read up on HTTP and the difference between Query Parameters and Body Parameters. It will help you write better applications. The -method- is GET or POST. You can POST to a URL with query parameters. However, you shouldn't as it is bad form but perfectly allowed. The parameter are completely dissimilar, and as you posted they are accessible via $c->req->query_params or $c->req->body_params. $c->req->params is a merge between both sets. Since 'id' is specified as both a query parameter -and- a body parameter, it comes in as a list. If you simply change your form tag to be <form method="post" action=" http://lginsurance.com.au/subscriptions/edit";> there will be no query parameter present. You most certainly have the action set to " http://lginsurance.com.au/subscriptions/edit?id=3389";, which is what is populating the GET parameter. -Jay
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