How to get branch name in customized PERL-package?

meikel

HI,
i've build a PERL-package (customer.pm) which is used in a bunch of templates and scripts.

Now I have the problem, that I have to recognize the used branch ( i.e. of a template) in that package and do some different things (depending on the branch's name)

In scripts I can use $cgi->{form}{branch_name}. But this doesn't work in the package.
Is there a way to get the branch's name in my own customized perl-package?
And how?

Regards meikel

laj1

In scripts I can use $cgi->{form}{branch_name}. But this doesn't work in the package.
Is there a way to get the branch's name in my own customized perl-package?
And how?


Well, consider this. Your package declares, and operates inside its own namespace, likely "Cusomer".
Your main script, operates in a namespace called MAIN. If you want you package to have access to variables in the
MAIN namespace, you either need to pass them into your package's functions/methods, or have your package fully qualify
its variable references.

So if your main has a variable $cgi, your package has to reference it as $MAIN::cgi, but you are probably better off
passing the $cgi variable into the Customer package.

Are you getting any error messages? If so, they'd be helpful.

Len.


Len Jaffe
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