Warning: This code is hazardous to your health. This is an example how not to do it.

Right, now that's said, how's this for fun and giggles: 

#!/usr/local/bin/perl -w
use strict;

sub a {
  print "Hi from a\n";
}

sub b {
  print "Hi from b\n";
}

doit('a');
doit('b');
$main::c=1;
$main::c++;
doit('c');

sub doit {
  my $func=shift;
  unless (exists($::{$func}) && defined(&{$::{$func}})) {    
    print "Invalid function called: $func\n";
    return 1;
  };
  no strict 'refs';
  &{$func};
}
__END__
Hi from a
Hi from b
Invalid function called: c

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This is ugly code. It uses symbolic references, it hacks the symbol table, and the sheer amount of curlies and parentheses induces headaches in anybody having to maintain it. But it works.

For educational purposes only. (And I admit, I did it to play around with symbol tables a bit, to get a feel for the things).

Update: Not only is this ugly, if called as a CGI (and the sub to call is provided as a parameter), it is also terribly insecure in this form: it's letting the CGI user call any function that is defined in your script. Bad programmer.

CU
Robartes-

In reply to Re: Event Handling in CGI by robartes
in thread Event Handling in CGI by Tanalis

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