--- loncom/cgi/loncgi.pm	2003/10/09 22:04:37	1.1
+++ loncom/cgi/loncgi.pm	2005/04/07 06:56:21	1.3
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #
 # LON-CAPA helpers for cgi-bin scripts
 #
-# $Id: loncgi.pm,v 1.1 2003/10/09 22:04:37 matthew Exp $
+# $Id: loncgi.pm,v 1.3 2005/04/07 06:56:21 albertel Exp $
 #
 # Copyright Michigan State University Board of Trustees
 #
@@ -52,10 +52,16 @@ package LONCAPA::loncgi;
 use strict;
 use warnings FATAL=>'all';
 no warnings 'uninitialized';
+use vars qw(%env);
+
 use CGI();
 use CGI::Cookie();
 use Fcntl qw(:flock);
 use LONCAPA::Configuration();
+require Exporter;
+
+our @ISA = qw (Exporter);
+our @EXPORT = qw(%env);
 
 my $lonidsdir;
 
@@ -75,7 +81,7 @@ BEGIN {
 Inputs: none
 
 Returns: 1 if the user has a LON-CAPA cookie 0 if not.
-Loads the users environment into the %ENV hash if the cookie is correct.
+Loads the users environment into the %env hash if the cookie is correct.
 
 =cut
 
@@ -128,7 +134,7 @@ sub check_cookie {
 
 =item transfer_profile_to_env
 
-Load the users environment into the %ENV hash.
+Load the users environment into the %env hash.
 
 Inputs: $handle, the name of the users LON-CAPA cookie.
 
@@ -151,8 +157,10 @@ sub transfer_profile_to_env {
         chomp($envrow);
         my ($envname,$envvalue)=split(/=/,$envrow);
         $ENV{$envname} = $envvalue;
+        $env{$envname} = $envvalue;
     }
     $ENV{'user.environment'} = "$lonidsdir/$handle.id";
+    $env{'user.environment'} = "$lonidsdir/$handle.id";
     return undef;
 }