$$foo in Apache::ASP

[Rod Butcher <rb...@hyena.com.au>]

I'm running Apache 1.12, Mod_Perl 1.23, Apache::ASP 2.03 on NT.
I can't get the construct
<%
$foo = "xxx";
$$foo="yyy";
%>
to populate $xxx with "yyy". Works in normal Perl.

Any sugeestions ?
Thanks
Rod

Re: $$foo in Apache::ASP

["Randal L. Schwartz" <me...@stonehenge.com>]

>>>>> "Rod" == Rod Butcher <rb...@hyena.com.au> writes:

Rod> I'm running Apache 1.12, Mod_Perl 1.23, Apache::ASP 2.03 on NT.
Rod> I can't get the construct
Rod> <%
Rod> $foo = "xxx";
Rod> $$foo="yyy";
Rod> %>
Rod> to populate $xxx with "yyy". Works in normal Perl.

For an odd definition of "works".  As in, ***HIGHLY DISCOURAGED***.

See <http://www.plover.com/~mjd/perl/varvarname.html>, et. seq.

It's proabably a Very Good Thing that ASP enables "use strict" for
you, to keep you from going down the Wrong Path.

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Re: $$foo in Apache::ASP

[Matt Sergeant <ma...@sergeant.org>]

On Sat, 12 Aug 2000, Rod Butcher wrote:

> I'm running Apache 1.12, Mod_Perl 1.23, Apache::ASP 2.03 on NT.
> I can't get the construct
> <%
> $foo = "xxx";

You need to turn off strict here:

no strict 'refs';

> $$foo="yyy";
> %>
> to populate $xxx with "yyy". Works in normal Perl.
> 
> Any sugeestions ?
> Thanks
> Rod
> 
> 

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