--- loncom/xml/lonxml.pm	2001/09/26 14:43:50	1.130
+++ loncom/xml/lonxml.pm	2001/10/03 12:34:10	1.133
@@ -219,16 +219,17 @@ sub maketoken {
 }
 
 sub printtokenheader {
-    my ($target,$token,$symb,$tuname,$tudom,$tcrsid)=@_;
+    my ($target,$token,$tsymb,$tcrsid,$tudom,$tuname)=@_;
     unless ($token) { return ''; }
 
-    unless ($symb) {
-	$symb=&Apache::lonnet::symbread();
+    my ($symb,$courseid,$domain,$name) = &Apache::lonxml::whichuser();
+    unless ($tsymb) {
+	$tsymb=$symb;
     }
     unless ($tuname) {
-	$tuname=$ENV{'user.name'};
-        $tudom=$ENV{'user.domain'};
-        $tcrsid=$ENV{'request.course.id'};
+	$tuname=$name;
+        $tudom=$domain;
+        $tcrsid=$courseid;
     }
 
     my %reply=&Apache::lonnet::get('environment',
@@ -1098,7 +1099,25 @@ sub get_param {
   if ( ! $context ) { $context = -1; }
   my $args ='';
   if ( $#$parstack > (-2-$context) ) { $args=$$parstack[$context]; }
-  return &Apache::run::run("{$args;".'return $'.$param.'}',$safeeval); #'
+  if ( $args =~ /my \$$param=\"/ ) {
+    return &Apache::run::run("{$args;".'return $'.$param.'}',$safeeval); #'
+  } else {
+    return undef;
+  }
+}
+
+sub get_param_var {
+  my ($param,$parstack,$safeeval,$context) = @_;
+  if ( ! $context ) { $context = -1; }
+  my $args ='';
+  if ( $#$parstack > (-2-$context) ) { $args=$$parstack[$context]; }
+  if ( $args !~ /my \$$param=\"/ ) { return undef; }
+  my $value=&Apache::run::run("{$args;".'return $'.$param.'}',$safeeval); #'
+  if ($value =~ /^[\$\@\%]/) {
+    return &Apache::run::run("return $value",$safeeval,1);
+  } else {
+    return $value;
+  }
 }
 
 sub register_insert {