Import Perl module from another directory

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I have the following file structure:

|_controllers
| |___FooController.pm
|_models
| |___Foo.pm
|_utils
| |___BarUtils.pm
|_foobar.do

I want to know how can I import the modules between files, let say that I want to use Foo.pm on FooControllers.pm or use BarUtils.pm on foobar.do . When I have the files on the same directories I just do

use Foo;

But in this case I cannot figure out how to do it.

score 5 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 12:12

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You need to make sure that:

The parent directory (the one that contains controllers etc..) is in @INC

The modules would then be named:

use controllers::FooController;
use models::Foo;

The exact rationale for how and why this works (as well as @INC details) can be found on SO:

How is Perl's @INC constructed? (aka What are all the ways of affecting where Perl modules are searched for?)
How does a Perl program know where to find the file containing Perl module it uses?

edited May 23 '17 at 12:12

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Thanks, I also found that require './utils/Connection.pm'; works but you'll have to set all the routes manually so it's better to add the path to the %INC – JohnnyAce Mar 04 '12 at 02:22

Import Perl module from another directory

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