I have what I think is a simple question. Basically, I pull in the CGI module in one package and want to read cookies in another. If I just require CGI::Cookie in both packages, it doesn't work in the second package. I've been told the solution to this is to define a cgi object in one package and export it to another. That makes sense, but I haven't actually been able to accomplish this.

Before I started trying to figure out packages and Perl's OOP and such, I would put everything in one script and do something simple, like:

    require CGI::Cookie;
    my %cookies = CGI::Cookie->fetch;

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Then I tried to do the packages thing. I've split a script into packages test and subtest. In package test, I do:

    use vars qw!$cgi $othervars!;
    use CGI qw/:standard :netscape/;
    $cgi = new CGI;

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In package subtest, I can't figure out how to fetch the cookies using $test::cgi. I don't know what to do in place of my %cookies = CGI::Cookie->fetch.

I think this is a really simple question, and I'm missing something obvious. I've tried to figure it out with the Llama book and the Perl Cookbook, but nothing I do works. If somebody would shed a little light, I would really appreciate it.

Peace.

In reply to Accessing CGI::Cookie->fetch in package by Anonymous Monk

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