sub report { print "Reporting"; }; sub add { print "Adding"; }; sub frobnicate { print "Frobnicating"; }; my %allowed_actions = ( report => \&report, add => \&add, frobnicate => \&frobnicate, ... ); sub handle_form { my $query = CGI->new(); my $default_action = 'report'; my $action = $query->param('action') || $default_action; # Sanity check if (not exists $allowed_actions{$action}) { warn "Unknown action >>$action<< attempted. Forcing to '$default_action' instead."; $action = $default_action; }; my $code = $allowed_actions{$action}; # Now, call the code $code->($query); };