Date: 28 Oct 2001 18:37:31 -0000 From: Seamus Venasse <svenasse@polaris.ca> To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@freebsd.org Subject: ports/31563: New port: Validates user input Message-ID: <20011028183731.40995.qmail@pris.polaris.ca>
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>Number: 31563
>Category: ports
>Synopsis: New port: Validates user input
>Confidential: no
>Severity: non-critical
>Priority: low
>Responsible: freebsd-ports
>State: open
>Quarter:
>Keywords:
>Date-Required:
>Class: change-request
>Submitter-Id: current-users
>Arrival-Date: Sun Oct 28 10:40:02 PST 2001
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator: Seamus Venasse
>Release: FreeBSD 4.3-STABLE i386
>Organization:
Polaris Computing
>Environment:
System: FreeBSD pris 4.3-STABLE FreeBSD 4.3-STABLE #3: Tue Sep 4 01:09:13 PDT 2001 root@kaiser-old.polaris.ca:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/NEXUS7 i386
>Description:
Data::FormValidator's main aim is to make the tedious coding of input
validation expressible in a simple format and to let the programmer focus
on more interesting tasks.
>How-To-Repeat:
>Fix:
# This is a shell archive. Save it in a file, remove anything before
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# create directories; files and directories will be owned by you and
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# p5-Data-FormValidator
# p5-Data-FormValidator/pkg-plist
# p5-Data-FormValidator/pkg-descr
# p5-Data-FormValidator/pkg-comment
# p5-Data-FormValidator/distinfo
# p5-Data-FormValidator/Makefile
#
echo c - p5-Data-FormValidator
mkdir -p p5-Data-FormValidator > /dev/null 2>&1
echo x - p5-Data-FormValidator/pkg-plist
sed 's/^X//' >p5-Data-FormValidator/pkg-plist << 'END-of-p5-Data-FormValidator/pkg-plist'
Xlib/perl5/site_perl/%%PERL_VER%%/%%PERL_ARCH%%/auto/Data/FormValidator/.packlist
Xlib/perl5/site_perl/%%PERL_VER%%/Data/FormValidator.pm
X@dirrm lib/perl5/site_perl/%%PERL_VER%%/%%PERL_ARCH%%/auto/Data/FormValidator
X@unexec rmdir %D/lib/perl5/site_perl/%%PERL_VER%%/%%PERL_ARCH%%/auto/Data 2>/dev/null || true
X@unexec rmdir %D/lib/perl5/site_perl/%%PERL_VER%%/Data 2>/dev/null || true
END-of-p5-Data-FormValidator/pkg-plist
echo x - p5-Data-FormValidator/pkg-descr
sed 's/^X//' >p5-Data-FormValidator/pkg-descr << 'END-of-p5-Data-FormValidator/pkg-descr'
XData::FormValidator's main aim is to make the tedious coding of input
Xvalidation expressible in a simple format and to let the programmer focus
Xon more interesting tasks.
X
XWhen you are coding a web application one of the most tedious though
Xcrucial tasks is to validate user's input (usually submitted by way of
Xan HTML form). You have to check that each required fields is present
Xand that some fields have valid data. (Does the phone input looks like a
Xphone number? Is that a plausible email address? Is the YY state
Xvalid? etc.) For a simple form, this is not really a problem but as
Xforms get more complex and you code more of them this task becames
Xreally boring and tedious.
X
XData::FormValidator lets you define profiles which declare the
Xrequired fields and their format. When you are ready to validate the
Xuser's input, you tell Data::FormValidator the profile to apply to the
Xuser data and you get the valid fields, the name of the fields which
Xare missing. An array is returned listing which fields are valid,
Xmissing, invalid and unknown in this profile.
X
XYou are then free to use this information to build a nice display to
Xthe user telling which fields that he forgot to fill.
X
XSeamus Venasse <svenasse@polaris.ca>
END-of-p5-Data-FormValidator/pkg-descr
echo x - p5-Data-FormValidator/pkg-comment
sed 's/^X//' >p5-Data-FormValidator/pkg-comment << 'END-of-p5-Data-FormValidator/pkg-comment'
XValidates user input (usually from an HTML form) based
END-of-p5-Data-FormValidator/pkg-comment
echo x - p5-Data-FormValidator/distinfo
sed 's/^X//' >p5-Data-FormValidator/distinfo << 'END-of-p5-Data-FormValidator/distinfo'
XMD5 (Data-FormValidator-1.6.tar.gz) = f4fe48339026be5e7e01351397132fbb
END-of-p5-Data-FormValidator/distinfo
echo x - p5-Data-FormValidator/Makefile
sed 's/^X//' >p5-Data-FormValidator/Makefile << 'END-of-p5-Data-FormValidator/Makefile'
X# New ports collection makefile for: Data::FormValidator
X# Date created: 27 Oct 2001
X# Whom: Seamus Venasse <svenasse@polaris.ca>
X#
X# $FreeBSD: $
X#
X
XPORTNAME= Data-FormValidator
XPORTVERSION= 1.6
XCATEGORIES= textproc perl5
XMASTER_SITES= ${MASTER_SITE_PERL_CPAN}
XMASTER_SITE_SUBDIR= Data
XPKGNAMEPREFIX= p5-
X
XMAINTAINER= svenasse@polaris.ca
X
XPERL_CONFIGURE= yes
X
XMAN3= Data::FormValidator.3
XMANPREFIX= ${PREFIX}/lib/perl5/${PERL_VERSION}
X
X.include <bsd.port.mk>
END-of-p5-Data-FormValidator/Makefile
exit
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