How do you wrap if statements around function calls that return a valu 1

[webdevelopernj]

#I attempting to a function conditionally based on a button #that was pressed, my first problem is that I need know how #to call a function conditionally.

#Example (this line exists in the #popular "restore_paramters" function):
*********************************************************
local($myVar) = &somefunction($query->param('field'));

if(open(FILE,$myfile)) {
}
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#this works fine, however, when i add

if (something == something ) {
local($myfile) = &clean_name($query->param('field'));
}

if(open(FILE,$myfile)) {
}

#the File cannot be opened
Note: there is no problem with the if statement I tested it with prints and moving the function outside the statement.

 

[flawless69]

local is creating the variable local to the block where it is declared. in this case it may not be visible to the next if statement. try just declaring it without local or declaring it outside the if and assigning it inside. --Derek

"Fear not the storm for this is where we grow strong."

 

[Guest_imported]

Thank you Derek, it worked!!