I'm used to having a CONFIG section in each of my scripts but when my projects get to be like 10 separate files I think enough is enough and this is when I want to create a main config file and call it from within my scripts.

This is the first time I've ever tried to use a config file like this and naturally it doesn't work.

In my login.pl script I have 

require("config.pl") or die "error: $!";

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In my config.pl script (which is in the same folder, I have 
#######
# MySQL section
#######
my $dbase       = "estre_test";
my $mysql_user  = "estre_admin";
my $mysql_pass  = "pass";

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And it errors out with 
Global symbol "$dbase" requires explicit package name at login.pl line
+ 32.
Global symbol "$mysql_user" requires explicit package name at login.pl
+ line 32.
Global symbol "$mysql_pass" requires explicit package name at login.pl
+ line 32.
Execution of login.pl aborted due to compilation errors.

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I'm not sure what I'm doing wrong. The OR DIE isn't catching so I'm assuming it can find the file BUT I used a filename that I knew didn't exist and it DID NOT FAIL. So I have absolutely no idea what's wrong. All the files are in the same folder and chmoded to 755.

Can you my variables in a central config file (that's what I'm trying to do)?.

Thanks for your help

In reply to requiring files by Anonymous Monk

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