package Config; use Exporter; use vars qw/$dbase $mysql_user $mysql_pass/; # You could also use 'our $dbase' etc, but our does more then 'use vars'... @ISA = qw/Exporter; @EXPORT = qw/$dbase $mysql_user $mysql_pass/ $dbase = "..."; # or our $dbase if you left out 'use vars' # other vars 1;