Re^2: Passing variables

You were dead on with your assumption. My setup is as follows:

#in foo.cgi
my $password = 'thesecret';
require 'thefile.pl';
my $encode = encrypto($password);

#in thefile.pl
sub encrypto($) {
   # encryption algorithm

   ...
   return $Finished;
}
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I then get an error message that says thefile.pl did not return a true value at foo.cgi line 10. Line 10 is the require 'thefile.pl' line.

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Re^3: Passing variables by Zaxo (Archbishop) on Sep 13, 2004 at 19:11 UTC
That error message would have simplified the answer. From `perldoc -f require`, The file must return true as the last statement to indicate successful execution of any initialization code, so it's customary to end such a file with "1;" unless you're sure it'll return true otherwise. But it's better just to put the "1;", in case you add more statements. After Compline, Zaxo	[reply]
Re^4: Passing variables by intranetman (Acolyte) on Sep 15, 2004 at 19:32 UTC
Thanks for the reply everything works well now. Interesting usages. Perldoc = Savior. Much appreciated.	[reply]