Webmaster in a Nutshell, 3rd Edition By Robert Eckstein, Stephen Spainhour
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Chapter 14. The CGI.pm Module
password_field
print $query->password_field(' name ' [,' value ', size , maxlength ])
Generates a password input field.
name
The name to assign the input to (required).
value
The default password to place in the password field.
size
The size of the password field (in characters ).
maxlength
The maximum length of the password field (in characters).
Using named parameters, the syntax is:
print $query ->password_field(-name=>' name ', -default=>' value ', -size=> size , -maxlength=> maxlength , -override=>1, -onChange=> function , -onFocus=> function , -onBlur=> function , -onSelect=> function );
-override=>1
Text field should not inherit its value from a previous invocation of the script.
-onChange=> function
Browser should execute function when the user changes the text field.
-onFocus=> function
Browser should execute function when the focus is on the text field.
-onBlur=> function
Browser should execute function when the focus leaves the text field.
-onSelect=> function
Browser should execute function when the user changes a selected portion of the text field.
