package MyWebApp; use base 'CGI::Application'; use MyWebApp::DB; use MyWebApp::TicketCollection; use strict; # Needed for our database connection sub setup { my $self = shift; my $db = new MyWebApp::DB; my $dbh = $db->get_dbh; $self->start_mode('menu'); $self->tmpl_path(''); $self->run_modes( tickets => 'show_tickets', ); # Connect to DBI database $self->param('dbh' => $dbh); } sub teardown { my $self = shift; # Disconnect when we're done $self->param('dbh')->disconnect(); } sub show_tickets{ my $self = shift; my $q = $self->query(); my ($start_date, $end_date) = ( $q->param('start_date'), $q->param('start_date') ); #more code to verify user input my $tc = new MyWebApp::TicketCollection( $self->param('dbh'), $start_date, $end_date ); #code to display tickets } 1;