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Data::FormValidator's main aim is to make the tedious coding of input
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validation expressible in a simple format and to let the programmer focus
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on more interesting tasks.
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When you are coding a web application one of the most tedious though
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crucial tasks is to validate user's input (usually submitted by way of
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an HTML form). You have to check that each required fields is present
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and that some fields have valid data. (Does the phone input looks like a
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phone number? Is that a plausible email address? Is the YY state
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valid? etc.) For a simple form, this is not really a problem but as
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forms get more complex and you code more of them this task becames
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really boring and tedious.
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Data::FormValidator lets you define profiles which declare the
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required fields and their format. When you are ready to validate the
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user's input, you tell Data::FormValidator the profile to apply to the
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user data and you get the valid fields, the name of the fields which
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are missing. An array is returned listing which fields are valid,
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missing, invalid and unknown in this profile.
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WWW: http://search.cpan.org/search?dist=Data-FormValidator
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Seamus Venasse <svenasse@polaris.ca>
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