interactive lose...

PimpSmurf has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

I have a script called 1.pl
--begin--
require './2.pl';
function();
--end--
it calls function() in 2.pl
--begin--
use CGI ':standard';
sub function {
param();
...
}
--end--
When this is run on perl5.0005 it will allow offline mode. However, on perl5.6.0 it will not. I am not quite sure why this is. offline mode will not work unless the "use CGI ':standard'; param();" is in the file executed, and "use CGI..." is not in the require'd file. I even tried changing 1.pl to this:
--cut--
require './2.pl';
param();
function();
--cut--
It still wont work.
Anything I should know about?
btw... function and file names were changed to protect the innocent.

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Re: interactive lose... by Crulx (Monk) on Jun 15, 2000 at 08:08 UTC
Hey PimpSmurf, That nick is wrong on so manny levels,I like it. What is the exact error message you are getting? Does 2.pl end in a 1; so that eval's to true? It needs to if you plan on using it. I have tried it on my perl 5.6 and it works fine, offline mode loads and everything. I can only assume that you don't have the 1; at the end of 2.pl. Hope this helps! --- Crulx crulx@iaxs.net	[reply]
Re: interactive lose... by Anonymous Monk on Jun 15, 2000 at 22:09 UTC
actually... I appreciate the help... but I figured it out. the problem was with CGI::Cookie. when you use CGI's :standard functions and CGI::Cookie offline mode disables if $ENV{"HTTPS"} eq 'on'. Which I dont think it should do, (and is undoced I believe.) I have to "export HTTPS=on" to make the script run from console as the script itself requires a ssl connection. Thanks for the help. PimpSmurf PimpSmurf@NO.SPAM.beachaccess.net	[reply]