A density functional perturbative approximation, which is based on both the weighted-density approximation (WDA) of Tarazona and the density functional approximation of Rickayzen et al., has been employed to predict the density profiles of the hard-sphere attractive Yukawa fluid near a planar slit. The calculated density profiles show that the density functional perturbative approximation is a significant improvement upon those of the modified version of the Lovett-MouBuff-Wertheim (LMBW-1), which uses the exact contact value theorem, and compares very well with the computer simulation even for the low temperatures in the vicinity of the liquid-vapor fluid bulk transition. (C) 1997 American Institute of Physics.