Re: How can I run only a determined part of script not using if/then statements

[hakkr]

You can use a hash of function refs to simulate a switch statement. You'll need to break your blocks of code into subroutines.

#!/usr/bin/perl

use CGI;
use strict;
use warnings;
my $query = new CGI;
my $func = $query->param("func");
my $file = $query->param("file");
my @text = $query->param("text");
print $query->header ( );

my %functions=('rm'=>\&rm, 'edit'=>\&edit, 'vi'=>\&vi);

#call your block of code
$functions{$func};

sub rm {
    `rm /home/3dwccom/www/$file` ||
    die "couldn't remove file";
    print "Success";
}

sub vi {
        open (FILE, ">/home/3dwccom/www/$file") ||
        die "file must have .extension";
        print FILE @text;
        close (FILE);
        print "File created successfully!";
   
}

sub edit {
    open (PAGE, ">../$file") ||
    die print "couldn't open file";
    print PAGE @text;
    close (PAGE);
    print "File successfully edited";

}