"Drieux" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > On Thursday, Sep 25, 2003, at 17:44 US/Pacific, seldan wrote: > [..] > > > > However, I am trying to keep this site as modular and easy to maintain > > as > > possible and cannot seem to find the right equivalent for a basic PHP > > "include" or "require" function. I use several variables that stay > > the same > > throughout the scripts, and would like to host them in a separate file. > > > > Sifting through ideas on this I've come across: SSI, Embperl, Mason, > > and > > possibly creating modules to handle this. All seem like a bit of work, > > which isn't a problem, I just want to make sure that I'm not missing a > > simple, obvious way to make this happen! > [..] > > The modules would be my first choice > since you want to be able to assert > > use lib "./lib"; # we will put our PM in a directory lib > use thisProj; > > my $value = thisProj->get_value(); > print "got $value\n"; > > so that you can 'keep' track of the relationship > between the 'class accessor' and the value you got. > > so the snappy quick intro is to create the file thisProj.pm > and put it in the 'lib' directory. > > package thisProj; > > our $value = 'this_value_here'; # the value(s) up here > > sub get_value { $value ; } # the accessor merely wraps it > > hence you wind up with a file system layout like: > > /some/path > this_code.plx > lib/thisProj.pm > > eg: /some/path/this_code.plx and /some/path/lib/thisProj.pm > > and you are out and away. > > The alternative strategy would be to create the Package, > and just Rip out the value > > my $alt = $thisProj::value; > > but personally I think that is 'garish', and that starting > down the road to doing the module is more appropriate. > > you will also want to do > > perldoc h2xs > perldoc perlsub > perldoc perlmod > perldoc perlmodlib > > > and you might as well pick up the learning perl references > and modules book. > > > > ciao > drieux > > --- >
Thanks! That's exactly what I was looking for. Seldan -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
