my $name = param('name') || '';
if(defined $name) {
# if its valid , HTMLescape it and print it
# otherwise tell them they did bad :)
}
else {
# ask them for theri name
}
....definitely the better way to handle it, although you don't need
the || unless you want a default value. Setting it as empty is still a
value, so you potentially could have empty values in your database. if
(defined($name)) would be better, but can be rather cumbersome.
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