The idea of creating a package is clear, but it doesn't solve the problem at hand. What I want is a possibility for non programmers to change the global variable to reflect to their server (e.g. path to sendmail, email address, currency symbol etc.) environment without messing with the perl codes.
What I don't understand - is why my scripts get only the first variable in the config file, but fail on the rest.
I would strongly advise against this approach as users could put any valid perl code in the 'global.txt' file - a definite security risk. Consider using a plain text configuration file and read it manually into variables or use a module like AppConfig.
As for your example, I was able to use the variables defined in 'global.txt' with:
#!/usr/bin/perl
use strict; use warnings;
use vars qw($shop $sendmail $email);
require 'global.txt';
print "<$email>\n";
__END__
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