diff --git a/perl/Curl_easy/Changes b/perl/Curl_easy/Changes
index 11ac7f107..af3d9cb40 100644
--- a/perl/Curl_easy/Changes
+++ b/perl/Curl_easy/Changes
@@ -1,6 +1,14 @@
 Revision history for Perl extension Curl::easy.
 Check out the file README for more info.
 
+1.1.8  Thu Sep 20 2001: - Cris Bailiff <c.bailiff@devsecure.com>
+    - Re-generate CURLOPT_ constants from curl.h and enhance makefile
+      to allow this to be repeated in future or for older versions of
+      libcurl. Constants up-to-date for libcurl-7.9(pre)
+    - Split tests into t/*.t to simplify each case
+    - Add test cases for new SSL switches. This needs ca-bundle.crt
+      (from mod_ssl) for verifying test cases.
+
 1.1.7  Thu Sep 13 2001: - Cris Bailiff <c.bailiff@devsecure.com>
     - Documentation Update only - Explicitly state that Curl_easy
       is released under the MIT-X/MPL dual licence. No code changes.
diff --git a/perl/Curl_easy/MANIFEST b/perl/Curl_easy/MANIFEST
index d60043d7a..82f8c20ce 100644
--- a/perl/Curl_easy/MANIFEST
+++ b/perl/Curl_easy/MANIFEST
@@ -4,4 +4,13 @@ Makefile.PL
 README
 easy.pm
 easy.xs
-test.pl
+curlopt-constants.c
+t/00constants.t
+t/01basic.t
+t/02header-callback.t
+t/03body-callback.t
+t/04abort-test.t
+t/05progress.t
+t/06http-post.t
+t/07ftp-upload.t
+t/08ssl.t
diff --git a/perl/Curl_easy/Makefile.PL b/perl/Curl_easy/Makefile.PL
index 58a8528ad..551808fa9 100644
--- a/perl/Curl_easy/Makefile.PL
+++ b/perl/Curl_easy/Makefile.PL
@@ -12,3 +12,76 @@ WriteMakefile(
     'INC'	=> '',     # e.g., '-I/usr/include/other' 
     'clean'	=> {FILES => "head.out body.out"}
 );
+
+#
+# This utility helper generates the constants function from curl.h
+#
+# It is normally only used by the maintainer, but if you're curl is older
+# or missing some constants, you can delete curlopt-constants.c and re-run 'perl Makefile.PL'
+#
+
+if (!open(CONSTANTS,"<curlopt-constants.c")) {
+    print "Rebuilding curlopt-constants.c for your libcurl version\n";
+    close(CONSTANTS); 
+
+#
+# You may need to specify where to find curl.h on your platform
+# These are guesses only
+#
+my $curl_h;
+HEADER: foreach my $try (qw(
+
+	curl.h                        
+	../../include/curl.h              
+	/usr/include/curl/curl.h    
+	/usr/local/include/curl/curl.h
+	C:\\INCLUDE\\CURL\\CURL.H  
+
+	))
+{
+    if (-e $try) {
+	$curl_h=$try;
+	last HEADER;
+    }
+}
+
+if (!defined($curl_h)) {
+	die "Could not rebuild curlopt-constants.c - can't find curl.h\n";
+}
+
+print "Found curl.h in $curl_h\n";
+open (CURL_H,"<".$curl_h) or die "Can't open curl.h\n";
+my %types;
+my %codes;
+while(<CURL_H>) {
+    if ($_ =~ m/CINIT\(/ and $_ !~ m/#/) {
+	my ($option,$type,$code)=m/.*CINIT\((\w*)\s*,\s*(\w+)\s*,\s*(\d+).*/;
+	$types{$option}=$type;
+	$codes{$option}=$code;
+    }
+}
+close(CURL_H);
+
+# some things are ifdefed out...
+foreach my $ifdef0 (qw(FLAGS PROGRESSMODE))
+{
+	delete $types{$ifdef0}; delete $codes{$ifdef0};
+}
+
+open(CURL_XS,">curlopt-constants.c") or die "Can't write curlopt-constants.c\n";
+foreach my $next_initial ('A'..'Z') {
+    print CURL_XS "        case '$next_initial':\n";
+    my $count=0;
+    foreach my $option (sort keys %types) {
+	my $initial=substr($option,0,1);
+	if ($next_initial eq $initial) {
+	    print CURL_XS "            if (strEQ(name, \"$option\")) return CURLOPT_$option;\n";
+	    $count++;
+	}
+    }    
+    if ($count) {
+	print CURL_XS "            break;\n";
+    }
+}
+close(CURL_XS);
+}
diff --git a/perl/Curl_easy/Makefile.am b/perl/Curl_easy/Makefile.am
index 11724d84f..219bfa5e3 100644
--- a/perl/Curl_easy/Makefile.am
+++ b/perl/Curl_easy/Makefile.am
@@ -1 +1,3 @@
-EXTRA_DIST = Changes easy.pm easy.xs Makefile.PL MANIFEST README test.pl
+SUBDIRS = t 
+
+EXTRA_DIST = Changes easy.pm easy.xs curlopt-constants.c Makefile.PL MANIFEST README
diff --git a/perl/Curl_easy/README b/perl/Curl_easy/README
index 10ee55722..88a741923 100644
--- a/perl/Curl_easy/README
+++ b/perl/Curl_easy/README
@@ -11,19 +11,27 @@ installed. You then may install this module via the usual way:
     make test
     make install
 
+If you have an older version of libcurl, you can remove 'curlopt-constants.c' 
+and have it rebuilt by 'perl Makefile.PL'.
+
+You can also do this for a later version of libcurl, except currently
+you will have to update the module EXPORTS list manually.
+
 The module provides the same functionality as libcurl provides to C programs,
 please refer to the documentation of libcurl. Some examples may be found in
-test.pl.
+t/*.t.
 
 This software is distributed AS IS, WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, either
 express or implied. Send praise, patches, money, beer and pizza to the author.
 Send complaints to /dev/null. ;-)
 
-The author of this software is Georg Horn <horn@koblenz-net.de>
-Parts of the callback support have been added by Cris Bailiff
-<c.bailiff@awayweb.com> and Forrest Cahoon <forrest.cahoon@merrillcorp.com>
+The original author of this software is Georg Horn <horn@koblenz-net.de>
+Parts of the callback support, tests and documentation have been added by
+Cris Bailiff <c.bailiff@devsecure.com> and Forrest Cahoon <forrest.cahoon@merrillcorp.com>
 
-The latest version can be downloaded from http://koblenz-net.de/~horn/export/
+The current maintainer is Cris Bailiff <c.bailiff@devsecure.com>
+
+The latest version can be downloaded from http://curl.haxx.se/libcurl/perl/
  
 Copyright (C) 2000, Daniel Stenberg, , et al.  
 You may opt to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute and/or sell
diff --git a/perl/Curl_easy/curlopt-constants.c b/perl/Curl_easy/curlopt-constants.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4a317deab
--- /dev/null
+++ b/perl/Curl_easy/curlopt-constants.c
@@ -0,0 +1,125 @@
+        case 'A':
+            if (strEQ(name, "AUTOREFERER")) return CURLOPT_AUTOREFERER;
+            break;
+        case 'B':
+        case 'C':
+            if (strEQ(name, "CAINFO")) return CURLOPT_CAINFO;
+            if (strEQ(name, "CLOSEFUNCTION")) return CURLOPT_CLOSEFUNCTION;
+            if (strEQ(name, "CLOSEPOLICY")) return CURLOPT_CLOSEPOLICY;
+            if (strEQ(name, "CONNECTTIMEOUT")) return CURLOPT_CONNECTTIMEOUT;
+            if (strEQ(name, "COOKIE")) return CURLOPT_COOKIE;
+            if (strEQ(name, "COOKIEFILE")) return CURLOPT_COOKIEFILE;
+            if (strEQ(name, "COOKIEJAR")) return CURLOPT_COOKIEJAR;
+            if (strEQ(name, "CRLF")) return CURLOPT_CRLF;
+            if (strEQ(name, "CUSTOMREQUEST")) return CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST;
+            break;
+        case 'D':
+        case 'E':
+            if (strEQ(name, "EGDSOCKET")) return CURLOPT_EGDSOCKET;
+            if (strEQ(name, "ERRORBUFFER")) return CURLOPT_ERRORBUFFER;
+            break;
+        case 'F':
+            if (strEQ(name, "FAILONERROR")) return CURLOPT_FAILONERROR;
+            if (strEQ(name, "FILE")) return CURLOPT_FILE;
+            if (strEQ(name, "FILETIME")) return CURLOPT_FILETIME;
+            if (strEQ(name, "FOLLOWLOCATION")) return CURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION;
+            if (strEQ(name, "FORBID_REUSE")) return CURLOPT_FORBID_REUSE;
+            if (strEQ(name, "FRESH_CONNECT")) return CURLOPT_FRESH_CONNECT;
+            if (strEQ(name, "FTPAPPEND")) return CURLOPT_FTPAPPEND;
+            if (strEQ(name, "FTPASCII")) return CURLOPT_FTPASCII;
+            if (strEQ(name, "FTPLISTONLY")) return CURLOPT_FTPLISTONLY;
+            if (strEQ(name, "FTPPORT")) return CURLOPT_FTPPORT;
+            break;
+        case 'G':
+        case 'H':
+            if (strEQ(name, "HEADER")) return CURLOPT_HEADER;
+            if (strEQ(name, "HEADERFUNCTION")) return CURLOPT_HEADERFUNCTION;
+            if (strEQ(name, "HTTPGET")) return CURLOPT_HTTPGET;
+            if (strEQ(name, "HTTPHEADER")) return CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER;
+            if (strEQ(name, "HTTPPOST")) return CURLOPT_HTTPPOST;
+            if (strEQ(name, "HTTPPROXYTUNNEL")) return CURLOPT_HTTPPROXYTUNNEL;
+            if (strEQ(name, "HTTPREQUEST")) return CURLOPT_HTTPREQUEST;
+            break;
+        case 'I':
+            if (strEQ(name, "INFILE")) return CURLOPT_INFILE;
+            if (strEQ(name, "INFILESIZE")) return CURLOPT_INFILESIZE;
+            if (strEQ(name, "INTERFACE")) return CURLOPT_INTERFACE;
+            break;
+        case 'J':
+        case 'K':
+            if (strEQ(name, "KRB4LEVEL")) return CURLOPT_KRB4LEVEL;
+            break;
+        case 'L':
+            if (strEQ(name, "LOW_SPEED_LIMIT")) return CURLOPT_LOW_SPEED_LIMIT;
+            if (strEQ(name, "LOW_SPEED_TIME")) return CURLOPT_LOW_SPEED_TIME;
+            break;
+        case 'M':
+            if (strEQ(name, "MAXCONNECTS")) return CURLOPT_MAXCONNECTS;
+            if (strEQ(name, "MAXREDIRS")) return CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS;
+            if (strEQ(name, "MUTE")) return CURLOPT_MUTE;
+            break;
+        case 'N':
+            if (strEQ(name, "NETRC")) return CURLOPT_NETRC;
+            if (strEQ(name, "NOBODY")) return CURLOPT_NOBODY;
+            if (strEQ(name, "NOPROGRESS")) return CURLOPT_NOPROGRESS;
+            if (strEQ(name, "NOTHING")) return CURLOPT_NOTHING;
+            break;
+        case 'O':
+        case 'P':
+            if (strEQ(name, "PASSWDDATA")) return CURLOPT_PASSWDDATA;
+            if (strEQ(name, "PASSWDFUNCTION")) return CURLOPT_PASSWDFUNCTION;
+            if (strEQ(name, "PORT")) return CURLOPT_PORT;
+            if (strEQ(name, "POST")) return CURLOPT_POST;
+            if (strEQ(name, "POSTFIELDS")) return CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS;
+            if (strEQ(name, "POSTFIELDSIZE")) return CURLOPT_POSTFIELDSIZE;
+            if (strEQ(name, "POSTQUOTE")) return CURLOPT_POSTQUOTE;
+            if (strEQ(name, "PROGRESSDATA")) return CURLOPT_PROGRESSDATA;
+            if (strEQ(name, "PROGRESSFUNCTION")) return CURLOPT_PROGRESSFUNCTION;
+            if (strEQ(name, "PROXY")) return CURLOPT_PROXY;
+            if (strEQ(name, "PROXYPORT")) return CURLOPT_PROXYPORT;
+            if (strEQ(name, "PROXYUSERPWD")) return CURLOPT_PROXYUSERPWD;
+            if (strEQ(name, "PUT")) return CURLOPT_PUT;
+            break;
+        case 'Q':
+            if (strEQ(name, "QUOTE")) return CURLOPT_QUOTE;
+            break;
+        case 'R':
+            if (strEQ(name, "RANDOM_FILE")) return CURLOPT_RANDOM_FILE;
+            if (strEQ(name, "RANGE")) return CURLOPT_RANGE;
+            if (strEQ(name, "READFUNCTION")) return CURLOPT_READFUNCTION;
+            if (strEQ(name, "REFERER")) return CURLOPT_REFERER;
+            if (strEQ(name, "RESUME_FROM")) return CURLOPT_RESUME_FROM;
+            break;
+        case 'S':
+            if (strEQ(name, "SSLCERT")) return CURLOPT_SSLCERT;
+            if (strEQ(name, "SSLCERTPASSWD")) return CURLOPT_SSLCERTPASSWD;
+            if (strEQ(name, "SSLVERSION")) return CURLOPT_SSLVERSION;
+            if (strEQ(name, "SSL_CIPHER_LIST")) return CURLOPT_SSL_CIPHER_LIST;
+            if (strEQ(name, "SSL_VERIFYHOST")) return CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYHOST;
+            if (strEQ(name, "SSL_VERIFYPEER")) return CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYPEER;
+            if (strEQ(name, "STDERR")) return CURLOPT_STDERR;
+            break;
+        case 'T':
+            if (strEQ(name, "TELNETOPTIONS")) return CURLOPT_TELNETOPTIONS;
+            if (strEQ(name, "TIMECONDITION")) return CURLOPT_TIMECONDITION;
+            if (strEQ(name, "TIMEOUT")) return CURLOPT_TIMEOUT;
+            if (strEQ(name, "TIMEVALUE")) return CURLOPT_TIMEVALUE;
+            if (strEQ(name, "TRANSFERTEXT")) return CURLOPT_TRANSFERTEXT;
+            break;
+        case 'U':
+            if (strEQ(name, "UPLOAD")) return CURLOPT_UPLOAD;
+            if (strEQ(name, "URL")) return CURLOPT_URL;
+            if (strEQ(name, "USERAGENT")) return CURLOPT_USERAGENT;
+            if (strEQ(name, "USERPWD")) return CURLOPT_USERPWD;
+            break;
+        case 'V':
+            if (strEQ(name, "VERBOSE")) return CURLOPT_VERBOSE;
+            break;
+        case 'W':
+            if (strEQ(name, "WRITEFUNCTION")) return CURLOPT_WRITEFUNCTION;
+            if (strEQ(name, "WRITEHEADER")) return CURLOPT_WRITEHEADER;
+            if (strEQ(name, "WRITEINFO")) return CURLOPT_WRITEINFO;
+            break;
+        case 'X':
+        case 'Y':
+        case 'Z':
diff --git a/perl/Curl_easy/easy.pm b/perl/Curl_easy/easy.pm
index 0ffe7100d..2324ace1f 100644
--- a/perl/Curl_easy/easy.pm
+++ b/perl/Curl_easy/easy.pm
@@ -16,20 +16,30 @@ require AutoLoader;
 # Do not simply export all your public functions/methods/constants.
 @EXPORT = qw(
 CURLOPT_AUTOREFERER
+CURLOPT_CAINFO
+CURLOPT_CLOSEFUNCTION
+CURLOPT_CLOSEPOLICY
+CURLOPT_CONNECTTIMEOUT
 CURLOPT_COOKIE
 CURLOPT_COOKIEFILE
+CURLOPT_COOKIEJAR
 CURLOPT_CRLF
 CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST
+CURLOPT_EGDSOCKET
 CURLOPT_ERRORBUFFER
 CURLOPT_FAILONERROR
 CURLOPT_FILE
+CURLOPT_FILETIME
 CURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION
+CURLOPT_FORBID_REUSE
+CURLOPT_FRESH_CONNECT
 CURLOPT_FTPAPPEND
 CURLOPT_FTPASCII
 CURLOPT_FTPLISTONLY
 CURLOPT_FTPPORT
 CURLOPT_HEADER
 CURLOPT_HEADERFUNCTION
+CURLOPT_HTTPGET
 CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER
 CURLOPT_HTTPPOST
 CURLOPT_HTTPPROXYTUNNEL
@@ -40,6 +50,8 @@ CURLOPT_INTERFACE
 CURLOPT_KRB4LEVEL
 CURLOPT_LOW_SPEED_LIMIT
 CURLOPT_LOW_SPEED_TIME
+CURLOPT_MAXCONNECTS
+CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS
 CURLOPT_MUTE
 CURLOPT_NETRC
 CURLOPT_NOBODY
@@ -59,6 +71,7 @@ CURLOPT_PROXYPORT
 CURLOPT_PROXYUSERPWD
 CURLOPT_PUT
 CURLOPT_QUOTE
+CURLOPT_RANDOM_FILE
 CURLOPT_RANGE
 CURLOPT_READFUNCTION
 CURLOPT_REFERER
@@ -66,7 +79,11 @@ CURLOPT_RESUME_FROM
 CURLOPT_SSLCERT
 CURLOPT_SSLCERTPASSWD
 CURLOPT_SSLVERSION
+CURLOPT_SSL_CIPHER_LIST
+CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYHOST
+CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYPEER
 CURLOPT_STDERR
+CURLOPT_TELNETOPTIONS
 CURLOPT_TIMECONDITION
 CURLOPT_TIMEOUT
 CURLOPT_TIMEVALUE
@@ -78,17 +95,7 @@ CURLOPT_USERPWD
 CURLOPT_VERBOSE
 CURLOPT_WRITEFUNCTION
 CURLOPT_WRITEHEADER
-CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS
-CURLOPT_FILETIME
-CURLOPT_TELNETOPTIONS
-CURLOPT_MAXCONNECTS
-CURLOPT_CLOSEPOLICY
-CURLOPT_CLOSEFUNCTION
-CURLOPT_FRESH_CONNECT
-CURLOPT_FORBID_REUSE
-CURLOPT_RANDOM_FILE
-CURLOPT_EGD_SOCKET
-CURLOPT_CONNECTTIMEOUT
+CURLOPT_WRITEINFO
 
 CURLINFO_EFFECTIVE_URL
 CURLINFO_HTTP_CODE
@@ -110,7 +117,7 @@ CURLINFO_CONTENT_LENGTH_UPLOAD
 USE_INTERNAL_VARS
 );
 
-$VERSION = '1.1.7';
+$VERSION = '1.1.8';
 
 $Curl::easy::headers = "";
 $Curl::easy::content = "";
@@ -133,25 +140,31 @@ bootstrap Curl::easy $VERSION;
 __END__
 # Below is the stub of documentation for your module. You better edit it!
 
+=pod 
+
 =head1 NAME
 
 Curl::easy - Perl extension for libcurl
 
 =head1 SYNOPSIS
 
-  use Curl::easy;
+	use Curl::easy;
  
-  $curl = Curl::easy::init();
-  $CURLcode = Curl::easy::setopt($curl, CURLoption, Value);
-  $CURLcode = Curl::easy::perform($curl);
-  Curl::easy::cleanup($curl);
+	$curl = Curl::easy::init();
+	$CURLcode = Curl::easy::setopt($curl, CURLoption, Value);
+	$CURLcode = Curl::easy::perform($curl);
+	Curl::easy::cleanup($curl);
+
+	Read curl_easy_setopt for details of most CURLoption values
+
+=head1 DESCRIPTION 
+
+
  
-=head1 DESCRIPTION
- 
-This perl module provides an interface to the libcurl C library. See
+B<Curl::easy> provides an interface to the libcurl C library. See
 http://curl.haxx.se/ for more information on cURL and libcurl.
- 
-=head1 FILES and CALLBACKS
+
+=head2 FILES and CALLBACKS
 
 Curl::easy supports the various options of curl_easy_setopt which require either a FILE * or
 a callback function.
@@ -254,9 +267,11 @@ indicate an error.
  
 Georg Horn <horn@koblenz-net.de>
  
-Additional callback,pod and test work by Cris Bailiff <c.bailiff@devsecure.com>
+Additional callback, pod and test work by Cris Bailiff <c.bailiff@devsecure.com>
 and Forrest Cahoon <forrest.cahoon@merrillcorp.com>
 
+Currently maintained by Cris Bailiff <c.bailiff@devsecure.com>
+
 =head1 Copyright
 
 Copyright (C) 2000, Daniel Stenberg, , et al.
diff --git a/perl/Curl_easy/easy.xs b/perl/Curl_easy/easy.xs
index f7bf4f790..f43d482cd 100644
--- a/perl/Curl_easy/easy.xs
+++ b/perl/Curl_easy/easy.xs
@@ -437,123 +437,7 @@ constant(char *name, int arg)
     if (strncmp(name, "CURLOPT_", 8) == 0) {
 	name += 8;
 	switch (*name) {
-	case 'A':
-	case 'B':
-	    if (strEQ(name, "AUTOREFERER")) return CURLOPT_AUTOREFERER;
-	    break;
-	case 'C':
-	    if (strEQ(name, "CONNECTTIMEOUT")) return CURLOPT_CONNECTTIMEOUT;
-	    if (strEQ(name, "COOKIE")) return CURLOPT_COOKIE;
-	    if (strEQ(name, "COOKIEFILE")) return CURLOPT_COOKIEFILE;
-	    if (strEQ(name, "CLOSEFUNCTION")) return CURLOPT_CLOSEFUNCTION;
-	    if (strEQ(name, "CLOSEPOLICY")) return CURLOPT_CLOSEPOLICY;
-	    if (strEQ(name, "CRLF")) return CURLOPT_CRLF;
-	    if (strEQ(name, "CUSTOMREQUEST")) return CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST;
-	    break;
-	case 'D':
-	case 'E':
-	    if (strEQ(name, "EGDSOCKET")) return CURLOPT_EGDSOCKET;
-	    if (strEQ(name, "ERRORBUFFER")) return CURLOPT_ERRORBUFFER;
-            break;
-	case 'F':
-	    if (strEQ(name, "FAILONERROR")) return CURLOPT_FAILONERROR;
-	    if (strEQ(name, "FILE")) return CURLOPT_FILE;
-	    if (strEQ(name, "FILETIME")) return CURLOPT_FILETIME;
-	    if (strEQ(name, "FOLLOWLOCATION")) return CURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION;
-	    if (strEQ(name, "FORBID_REUSE")) return CURLOPT_FORBID_REUSE;
-	    if (strEQ(name, "FTPAPPEND")) return CURLOPT_FTPAPPEND;
-	    if (strEQ(name, "FTPASCII")) return CURLOPT_FTPASCII;
-	    if (strEQ(name, "FTPLISTONLY")) return CURLOPT_FTPLISTONLY;
-	    if (strEQ(name, "FTPPORT")) return CURLOPT_FTPPORT;
-	    if (strEQ(name, "FRESH_CONNECT")) return CURLOPT_FRESH_CONNECT;
-	    break;
-	case 'G':
-	case 'H':
-	    if (strEQ(name, "HEADER")) return CURLOPT_HEADER;
-            if (strEQ(name, "HEADERFUNCTION")) return CURLOPT_HEADERFUNCTION;
-	    if (strEQ(name, "HTTPHEADER")) return CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER;
-	    if (strEQ(name, "HTTPPOST")) return CURLOPT_HTTPPOST;
-	    if (strEQ(name, "HTTPPROXYTUNNEL")) return CURLOPT_HTTPPROXYTUNNEL;
-	    if (strEQ(name, "HTTPREQUEST")) return CURLOPT_HTTPREQUEST;
-	    break;
-	case 'I':
-	case 'J':
-	    if (strEQ(name, "INFILE")) return CURLOPT_INFILE;
-	    if (strEQ(name, "INFILESIZE")) return CURLOPT_INFILESIZE;
-	    if (strEQ(name, "INTERFACE")) return CURLOPT_INTERFACE;
-	    break;
-	case 'K':
-	case 'L':
-	    if (strEQ(name, "KRB4LEVEL")) return CURLOPT_KRB4LEVEL;
-	    if (strEQ(name, "LOW_SPEED_LIMIT")) return CURLOPT_LOW_SPEED_LIMIT;
-	    if (strEQ(name, "LOW_SPEED_TIME")) return CURLOPT_LOW_SPEED_TIME;
-	    break;
-	case 'M':
-	    if (strEQ(name, "MAXCONNECTS")) return CURLOPT_MAXCONNECTS;
-	    if (strEQ(name, "MAXREDIRS")) return CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS;
-	    break;
-	case 'N':
-	    if (strEQ(name, "MUTE")) return CURLOPT_MUTE;
-	    if (strEQ(name, "NETRC")) return CURLOPT_NETRC;
-	    if (strEQ(name, "NOBODY")) return CURLOPT_NOBODY;
-	    if (strEQ(name, "NOPROGRESS")) return CURLOPT_NOPROGRESS;
-	    if (strEQ(name, "NOTHING")) return CURLOPT_NOTHING;
-	    break;
-	case 'O':
-	case 'P':
-	    if (strEQ(name, "PASSWDDATA")) return CURLOPT_PASSWDDATA;
-	    if (strEQ(name, "PASSWDFUNCTION")) return CURLOPT_PASSWDFUNCTION;
-	    if (strEQ(name, "PORT")) return CURLOPT_PORT;
-	    if (strEQ(name, "POST")) return CURLOPT_POST;
-	    if (strEQ(name, "POSTFIELDS")) return CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS;
-	    if (strEQ(name, "POSTFIELDSIZE")) return CURLOPT_POSTFIELDSIZE;
-	    if (strEQ(name, "POSTQUOTE")) return CURLOPT_POSTQUOTE;
-	    if (strEQ(name, "PROGRESSDATA")) return CURLOPT_PROGRESSDATA;
-	    if (strEQ(name, "PROGRESSFUNCTION")) return CURLOPT_PROGRESSFUNCTION;
-	    if (strEQ(name, "PROXY")) return CURLOPT_PROXY;
-	    if (strEQ(name, "PROXYPORT")) return CURLOPT_PROXYPORT;
-	    if (strEQ(name, "PROXYUSERPWD")) return CURLOPT_PROXYUSERPWD;
-	    if (strEQ(name, "PUT")) return CURLOPT_PUT;
-	    break;
-	case 'Q':
-	    if (strEQ(name, "QUOTE")) return CURLOPT_QUOTE;
-            break;
- 	case 'R':
-	    if (strEQ(name, "RANDOM_FILE")) return CURLOPT_RANDOM_FILE;
-	    if (strEQ(name, "RANGE")) return CURLOPT_RANGE;
-	    if (strEQ(name, "READFUNCTION")) return CURLOPT_READFUNCTION;
-	    if (strEQ(name, "REFERER")) return CURLOPT_REFERER;
-	    if (strEQ(name, "RESUME_FROM")) return CURLOPT_RESUME_FROM;
-	    break;
-	case 'S':
-	    if (strEQ(name, "SSLCERT")) return CURLOPT_SSLCERT;
-	    if (strEQ(name, "SSLCERTPASSWD")) return CURLOPT_SSLCERTPASSWD;
-	    if (strEQ(name, "SSLVERSION")) return CURLOPT_SSLVERSION;
-	    if (strEQ(name, "STDERR")) return CURLOPT_STDERR;
-            break;
-	case 'T':
-	    if (strEQ(name, "TELNETOPTIONS")) return CURLOPT_TELNETOPTIONS;
-	    if (strEQ(name, "TIMECONDITION")) return CURLOPT_TIMECONDITION;
-	    if (strEQ(name, "TIMEOUT")) return CURLOPT_TIMEOUT;
-	    if (strEQ(name, "TIMEVALUE")) return CURLOPT_TIMEVALUE;
-	    if (strEQ(name, "TRANSFERTEXT")) return CURLOPT_TRANSFERTEXT;
-	    break;
-	case 'U':
-	case 'V':
-	    if (strEQ(name, "UPLOAD")) return CURLOPT_UPLOAD;
-	    if (strEQ(name, "URL")) return CURLOPT_URL;
-	    if (strEQ(name, "USERAGENT")) return CURLOPT_USERAGENT;
-	    if (strEQ(name, "USERPWD")) return CURLOPT_USERPWD;
-	    if (strEQ(name, "VERBOSE")) return CURLOPT_VERBOSE;
-	    break;
-	case 'W':
-	case 'X':
-	case 'Y':
-	case 'Z':
-	    if (strEQ(name, "WRITEFUNCTION")) return CURLOPT_WRITEFUNCTION;
-	    if (strEQ(name, "WRITEHEADER")) return CURLOPT_WRITEHEADER;
-	    if (strEQ(name, "WRITEINFO")) return CURLOPT_WRITEINFO;
-	    break;
+#include "curlopt-constants.c"
 	}
     }
     if (strEQ(name, "USE_INTERNAL_VARS")) return USE_INTERNAL_VARS;
diff --git a/perl/Curl_easy/t/00constants.t b/perl/Curl_easy/t/00constants.t
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2ef15453e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/perl/Curl_easy/t/00constants.t
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+
+# Test script for Perl extension Curl::easy.
+# Check out the file README for more info.
+
+# Before `make install' is performed this script should be runnable with
+# `make test'. After `make install' it should work as `perl thisfile.t'
+
+######################### We start with some black magic to print on failure.
+
+# Change 1..1 below to 1..last_test_to_print .
+# (It may become useful if the test is moved to ./t subdirectory.)
+use Benchmark;
+use strict;
+
+BEGIN { $| = 1; print "1..2\n"; }
+END {print "not ok 1\n" unless $::loaded;}
+use Curl::easy;
+
+$::loaded = 1;
+print "ok 1\n";
+
+######################## End of black magic.
+
+# Insert your test code below (better if it prints "ok 13"
+# (correspondingly "not ok 13") depending on the success of chunk 13
+# of the test code):
+
+my $count=1;
+
+print STDERR "Testing curl version ",&Curl::easy::version(),"\n";
+
+if (CURLOPT_URL != 10000+2) {
+	print "not ";
+} 
+
+print "ok ".++$count;
+
+exit;
diff --git a/perl/Curl_easy/t/01basic.t b/perl/Curl_easy/t/01basic.t
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..79a6e8a24
--- /dev/null
+++ b/perl/Curl_easy/t/01basic.t
@@ -0,0 +1,93 @@
+# Test script for Perl extension Curl::easy.
+# Check out the file README for more info.
+
+# Before `make install' is performed this script should be runnable with
+# `make t/thisfile.t'. After `make install' it should work as `perl thisfile.t'
+
+######################### We start with some black magic to print on failure.
+
+# Change 1..1 below to 1..last_test_to_print .
+use strict;
+
+BEGIN { $| = 1; print "1..6\n"; }
+END {print "not ok 1\n" unless $::loaded;}
+use Curl::easy;
+
+$::loaded = 1;
+print "ok 1\n";
+
+######################### End of black magic.
+
+# Insert your test code below (better if it prints "ok 13"
+# (correspondingly "not ok 13") depending on the success of chunk 13
+# of the test code):
+
+my $count=1;
+
+# Read URL to get
+my $defurl = "http://localhost/cgi-bin/printenv";
+my $url;
+if (defined ($ENV{CURL_TEST_URL})) {
+	$url=$ENV{CURL_TEST_URL};
+} else {
+$url = "";
+print "Please enter an URL to fetch [$defurl]: ";
+$url = <STDIN>;
+if ($url =~ /^\s*\n/) {
+    $url = $defurl;
+}
+}
+
+# Init the curl session
+my $curl = Curl::easy::init();
+if ($curl == 0) {
+    print "not ";
+}
+print "ok ".++$count."\n";
+
+Curl::easy::setopt($curl, CURLOPT_NOPROGRESS, 1);
+Curl::easy::setopt($curl, CURLOPT_MUTE, 1);
+Curl::easy::setopt($curl, CURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION, 1);
+Curl::easy::setopt($curl, CURLOPT_TIMEOUT, 30);
+
+open HEAD, ">head.out";
+Curl::easy::setopt($curl, CURLOPT_WRITEHEADER, *HEAD);
+print "ok ".++$count."\n";
+
+open BODY, ">body.out";
+Curl::easy::setopt($curl, CURLOPT_FILE,*BODY);
+print "ok ".++$count."\n";
+
+my $errbuf;
+Curl::easy::setopt($curl, CURLOPT_ERRORBUFFER, "errbuf");
+print "ok ".++$count."\n";
+
+Curl::easy::setopt($curl, CURLOPT_URL, $url);
+
+print "ok ".++$count."\n";
+# Add some additional headers to the http-request:
+my @myheaders;
+$myheaders[0] = "Server: www";
+$myheaders[1] = "User-Agent: Perl interface for libcURL";
+Curl::easy::setopt($curl, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, \@myheaders);
+                                                                        
+my $bytes;
+my $realurl;
+my $httpcode;
+
+# Go get it
+my $retcode=Curl::easy::perform($curl);
+if ($retcode == 0) {
+    Curl::easy::getinfo($curl, CURLINFO_SIZE_DOWNLOAD, $bytes);
+    print STDERR "$bytes bytes read ";
+    Curl::easy::getinfo($curl, CURLINFO_EFFECTIVE_URL, $realurl);
+    Curl::easy::getinfo($curl, CURLINFO_HTTP_CODE, $httpcode);
+    print STDERR "effective fetched url (http code: $httpcode) was: $url ";
+} else {
+   # We can acces the error message in $errbuf here
+    print STDERR "$retcode / '$errbuf'\n";
+    print "not ";
+}
+print "ok ".++$count."\n";
+
+exit;
diff --git a/perl/Curl_easy/t/02header-callback.t b/perl/Curl_easy/t/02header-callback.t
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..94a745c39
--- /dev/null
+++ b/perl/Curl_easy/t/02header-callback.t
@@ -0,0 +1,89 @@
+# Test script for Perl extension Curl::easy.
+# Check out the file README for more info.
+
+# Before `make install' is performed this script should be runnable with
+# `make t/thisfile.t'. After `make install' it should work as `perl thisfile.t'
+
+######################### We start with some black magic to print on failure.
+
+# Change 1..1 below to 1..last_test_to_print .
+use strict;
+
+BEGIN { $| = 1; print "1..9\n"; }
+END {print "not ok 1\n" unless $::loaded;}
+use Curl::easy;
+
+$::loaded = 1;
+print "ok 1\n";
+
+######################### End of black magic.
+
+# Insert your test code below (better if it prints "ok 13"
+# (correspondingly "not ok 13") depending on the success of chunk 13
+# of the test code):
+
+my $count=1;
+
+# Read URL to get
+my $defurl = "http://localhost/cgi-bin/printenv";
+my $url;
+if (defined ($ENV{CURL_TEST_URL})) {
+	$url=$ENV{CURL_TEST_URL};
+} else {
+$url = "";
+print "Please enter an URL to fetch [$defurl]: ";
+$url = <STDIN>;
+if ($url =~ /^\s*\n/) {
+    $url = $defurl;
+}
+}
+
+# Init the curl session
+my $curl = Curl::easy::init();
+if ($curl == 0) {
+    print "not ";
+}
+print "ok ".++$count."\n";
+
+Curl::easy::setopt($curl, CURLOPT_NOPROGRESS, 1);
+Curl::easy::setopt($curl, CURLOPT_MUTE, 1);
+Curl::easy::setopt($curl, CURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION, 1);
+Curl::easy::setopt($curl, CURLOPT_TIMEOUT, 30);
+
+open HEAD, ">head.out";
+Curl::easy::setopt($curl, CURLOPT_WRITEHEADER, *HEAD);
+print "ok ".++$count."\n";
+
+open BODY, ">body.out";
+Curl::easy::setopt($curl, CURLOPT_FILE,*BODY);
+print "ok ".++$count."\n";
+
+my $errbuf;
+Curl::easy::setopt($curl, CURLOPT_ERRORBUFFER, "errbuf");
+print "ok ".++$count."\n";
+
+Curl::easy::setopt($curl, CURLOPT_URL, $url);
+
+print "ok ".++$count."\n";
+# The header callback will only be called if your libcurl has the
+# CURLOPT_HEADERFUNCTION supported, otherwise your headers
+# go to CURLOPT_WRITEFUNCTION instead...
+#
+
+my $header_called=0;
+sub header_callback { print STDERR "header callback called\n"; $header_called=1; return length($_[0])};
+
+# test for sub reference and head callback
+Curl::easy::setopt($curl, CURLOPT_HEADERFUNCTION, \&header_callback);
+print "ok ".++$count."\n";                
+
+if (Curl::easy::perform($curl) != 0) {
+	print "not ";
+};
+print "ok ".++$count."\n";                
+
+print STDERR "next test will fail on libcurl < 7.7.2\n";
+print "not " if (!$header_called); # ok if you have a libcurl <7.7.2
+print "ok ".++$count."\n";                
+
+exit;
diff --git a/perl/Curl_easy/t/03body-callback.t b/perl/Curl_easy/t/03body-callback.t
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..94786f507
--- /dev/null
+++ b/perl/Curl_easy/t/03body-callback.t
@@ -0,0 +1,105 @@
+# Test script for Perl extension Curl::easy.
+# Check out the file README for more info.
+
+# Before `make install' is performed this script should be runnable with
+# `make t/thisfile.t'. After `make install' it should work as `perl thisfile.t'
+
+######################### We start with some black magic to print on failure.
+
+# Change 1..1 below to 1..last_test_to_print .
+use strict;
+
+BEGIN { $| = 1; print "1..9\n"; }
+END {print "not ok 1\n" unless $::loaded;}
+use Curl::easy;
+
+$::loaded = 1;
+print "ok 1\n";
+
+######################### End of black magic.
+
+# Insert your test code below (better if it prints "ok 13"
+# (correspondingly "not ok 13") depending on the success of chunk 13
+# of the test code):
+
+my $count=1;
+
+# Read URL to get
+my $defurl = "http://localhost/cgi-bin/printenv";
+my $url;
+if (defined ($ENV{CURL_TEST_URL})) {
+	$url=$ENV{CURL_TEST_URL};
+} else {
+$url = "";
+print "Please enter an URL to fetch [$defurl]: ";
+$url = <STDIN>;
+if ($url =~ /^\s*\n/) {
+    $url = $defurl;
+}
+}
+
+# Init the curl session
+my $curl = Curl::easy::init();
+if ($curl == 0) {
+    print "not ";
+}
+print "ok ".++$count."\n";
+
+Curl::easy::setopt($curl, CURLOPT_NOPROGRESS, 1);
+Curl::easy::setopt($curl, CURLOPT_MUTE, 1);
+Curl::easy::setopt($curl, CURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION, 1);
+Curl::easy::setopt($curl, CURLOPT_TIMEOUT, 30);
+
+open HEAD, ">head.out";
+Curl::easy::setopt($curl, CURLOPT_WRITEHEADER, *HEAD);
+print "ok ".++$count."\n";
+
+open BODY, ">body.out";
+Curl::easy::setopt($curl, CURLOPT_FILE,*BODY);
+print "ok ".++$count."\n";
+
+my $errbuf;
+Curl::easy::setopt($curl, CURLOPT_ERRORBUFFER, "errbuf");
+print "ok ".++$count."\n";
+
+Curl::easy::setopt($curl, CURLOPT_URL, $url);
+
+print "ok ".++$count."\n";
+
+# The header callback will only be called if your libcurl has the
+# CURLOPT_HEADERFUNCTION supported, otherwise your headers
+# go to CURLOPT_WRITEFUNCTION instead...
+#
+
+my $header_called=0;
+sub header_callback { print STDERR "header callback called\n"; $header_called=1; return length($_[0])};
+
+# test for sub reference and head callback
+Curl::easy::setopt($curl, CURLOPT_HEADERFUNCTION, \&header_callback);
+
+my $body_called=0;
+sub body_callback {
+	my ($chunk,$handle)=@_;
+	print STDERR "body callback called with ",length($chunk)," bytes\n";
+	print STDERR "data=$chunk\n";
+	$body_called++;
+	return length($chunk); # OK
+}
+
+
+# test for ref to sub and body callback
+my $body_ref=\&body_callback;
+Curl::easy::setopt($curl, CURLOPT_WRITEFUNCTION, $body_ref);
+
+if (Curl::easy::perform($curl) != 0) {
+	print "not ";
+};
+print "ok ".++$count."\n";
+
+
+print STDERR "next test will fail on libcurl < 7.7.2\n";
+print STDERR "not " if (!$header_called); # ok if you have a libcurl <7.7.2
+print "ok ".++$count."\n";
+
+print "not " if (!$body_called);
+print "ok ".++$count."\n";
diff --git a/perl/Curl_easy/t/04abort-test.t b/perl/Curl_easy/t/04abort-test.t
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c3d71bb02
--- /dev/null
+++ b/perl/Curl_easy/t/04abort-test.t
@@ -0,0 +1,87 @@
+# Test script for Perl extension Curl::easy.
+# Check out the file README for more info.
+
+# Before `make install' is performed this script should be runnable with
+# `make t/thisfile.t'. After `make install' it should work as `perl thisfile.t'
+
+######################### We start with some black magic to print on failure.
+
+# Change 1..1 below to 1..last_test_to_print .
+use strict;
+
+BEGIN { $| = 1; print "1..8\n"; }
+END {print "not ok 1\n" unless $::loaded;}
+use Curl::easy;
+
+$::loaded = 1;
+print "ok 1\n";
+
+######################### End of black magic.
+
+# Insert your test code below (better if it prints "ok 13"
+# (correspondingly "not ok 13") depending on the success of chunk 13
+# of the test code):
+
+my $count=1;
+
+# Read URL to get
+my $defurl = "http://localhost/cgi-bin/printenv";
+my $url;
+if (defined ($ENV{CURL_TEST_URL})) {
+	$url=$ENV{CURL_TEST_URL};
+} else {
+$url = "";
+print "Please enter an URL to fetch [$defurl]: ";
+$url = <STDIN>;
+if ($url =~ /^\s*\n/) {
+    $url = $defurl;
+}
+}
+
+# Init the curl session
+my $curl = Curl::easy::init();
+if ($curl == 0) {
+    print "not ";
+}
+print "ok ".++$count."\n";
+
+Curl::easy::setopt($curl, CURLOPT_NOPROGRESS, 1);
+Curl::easy::setopt($curl, CURLOPT_MUTE, 1);
+Curl::easy::setopt($curl, CURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION, 1);
+Curl::easy::setopt($curl, CURLOPT_TIMEOUT, 30);
+
+open HEAD, ">head.out";
+Curl::easy::setopt($curl, CURLOPT_WRITEHEADER, *HEAD);
+print "ok ".++$count."\n";
+
+open BODY, ">body.out";
+Curl::easy::setopt($curl, CURLOPT_FILE,*BODY);
+print "ok ".++$count."\n";
+
+my $errbuf;
+Curl::easy::setopt($curl, CURLOPT_ERRORBUFFER, "errbuf");
+print "ok ".++$count."\n";
+
+Curl::easy::setopt($curl, CURLOPT_URL, $url);
+
+print "ok ".++$count."\n";
+
+my $body_abort_called=0;
+sub body_abort_callback {
+	my ($chunk,$sv)=@_;
+	print STDERR "body abort callback called with ",length($chunk)," bytes\n";
+	$body_abort_called++;
+	return  -1; # signal a failure
+}
+
+# test we can abort a request mid-way
+my $body_abort_ref=\&body_abort_callback;
+Curl::easy::setopt($curl, CURLOPT_WRITEFUNCTION, $body_abort_ref);
+
+if (Curl::easy::perform($curl) == 0) { # reverse test - this should have failed
+	print "not ";
+};
+print "ok ".++$count."\n";
+
+print "not " if (!$body_abort_called); # should have been called
+print "ok ".++$count."\n";
diff --git a/perl/Curl_easy/t/05progress.t b/perl/Curl_easy/t/05progress.t
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ffcdb8036
--- /dev/null
+++ b/perl/Curl_easy/t/05progress.t
@@ -0,0 +1,99 @@
+# Test script for Perl extension Curl::easy.
+# Check out the file README for more info.
+
+# Before `make install' is performed this script should be runnable with
+# `make t/thisfile.t'. After `make install' it should work as `perl thisfile.t'
+
+######################### We start with some black magic to print on failure.
+
+# Change 1..1 below to 1..last_test_to_print .
+use strict;
+
+BEGIN { $| = 1; print "1..9\n"; }
+END {print "not ok 1\n" unless $::loaded;}
+use Curl::easy;
+
+$::loaded = 1;
+print "ok 1\n";
+
+######################### End of black magic.
+
+# Insert your test code below (better if it prints "ok 13"
+# (correspondingly "not ok 13") depending on the success of chunk 13
+# of the test code):
+
+my $count=1;
+
+# Read URL to get
+my $defurl = "http://localhost/cgi-bin/printenv";
+my $url;
+if (defined ($ENV{CURL_TEST_URL})) {
+	$url=$ENV{CURL_TEST_URL};
+} else {
+$url = "";
+print "Please enter an URL to fetch [$defurl]: ";
+$url = <STDIN>;
+if ($url =~ /^\s*\n/) {
+    $url = $defurl;
+}
+}
+
+# Init the curl session
+my $curl = Curl::easy::init();
+if ($curl == 0) {
+    print "not ";
+}
+print "ok ".++$count."\n";
+
+Curl::easy::setopt($curl, CURLOPT_NOPROGRESS, 1);
+Curl::easy::setopt($curl, CURLOPT_MUTE, 1);
+Curl::easy::setopt($curl, CURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION, 1);
+Curl::easy::setopt($curl, CURLOPT_TIMEOUT, 30);
+
+open HEAD, ">head.out";
+Curl::easy::setopt($curl, CURLOPT_WRITEHEADER, *HEAD);
+print "ok ".++$count."\n";
+
+open BODY, ">body.out";
+Curl::easy::setopt($curl, CURLOPT_FILE,*BODY);
+print "ok ".++$count."\n";
+
+my $errbuf;
+Curl::easy::setopt($curl, CURLOPT_ERRORBUFFER, "errbuf");
+print "ok ".++$count."\n";
+
+Curl::easy::setopt($curl, CURLOPT_URL, $url);
+
+print "ok ".++$count."\n";
+
+Curl::easy::setopt($curl, CURLOPT_NOPROGRESS, 0);
+print "ok ".++$count."\n";
+
+# inline progress function
+# tests for inline subs and progress callback
+# - progress callback must return 'true' on each call.
+ 
+my $progress_called=0;
+sub prog_callb
+{
+    my ($clientp,$dltotal,$dlnow,$ultotal,$ulnow)=@_;
+    print STDERR "\nperl progress_callback has been called!\n";
+    print STDERR "clientp: $clientp, dltotal: $dltotal, dlnow: $dlnow, ultotal: $ultotal, ";
+    print STDERR "ulnow: $ulnow\n";
+	$progress_called++;
+    return 0;
+}                        
+
+Curl::easy::setopt($curl, CURLOPT_PROGRESSFUNCTION, \&prog_callb);
+
+# Turn progress meter back on - this doesn't work in older libcurls -  once its off, its off.
+Curl::easy::setopt($curl, CURLOPT_NOPROGRESS, 0);
+
+if (Curl::easy::perform($curl) != 0) {
+	print "not ";
+};
+print "ok ".++$count."\n";
+
+print "not " if (!$progress_called);
+print "ok ".++$count."\n";
+
diff --git a/perl/Curl_easy/t/06http-post.t b/perl/Curl_easy/t/06http-post.t
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c38cab98d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/perl/Curl_easy/t/06http-post.t
@@ -0,0 +1,99 @@
+# Test script for Perl extension Curl::easy.
+# Check out the file README for more info.
+
+# Before `make install' is performed this script should be runnable with
+# `make t/thisfile.t'. After `make install' it should work as `perl thisfile.t'
+
+######################### We start with some black magic to print on failure.
+
+# Change 1..1 below to 1..last_test_to_print .
+use strict;
+
+BEGIN { $| = 1; print "1..7\n"; }
+END {print "not ok 1\n" unless $::loaded;}
+use Curl::easy;
+
+$::loaded = 1;
+print "ok 1\n";
+
+######################### End of black magic.
+
+# Insert your test code below (better if it prints "ok 13"
+# (correspondingly "not ok 13") depending on the success of chunk 13
+# of the test code):
+
+my $count=1;
+
+# Read URL to get
+my $defurl = "http://localhost/cgi-bin/printenv";
+my $url;
+if (defined ($ENV{CURL_TEST_URL})) {
+	$url=$ENV{CURL_TEST_URL};
+} else {
+$url = "";
+print "Please enter an URL to fetch [$defurl]: ";
+$url = <STDIN>;
+if ($url =~ /^\s*\n/) {
+    $url = $defurl;
+}
+}
+
+# Init the curl session
+my $curl = Curl::easy::init();
+if ($curl == 0) {
+    print "not ";
+}
+print "ok ".++$count."\n";
+
+Curl::easy::setopt($curl, CURLOPT_NOPROGRESS, 1);
+Curl::easy::setopt($curl, CURLOPT_MUTE, 1);
+Curl::easy::setopt($curl, CURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION, 1);
+Curl::easy::setopt($curl, CURLOPT_TIMEOUT, 30);
+
+open HEAD, ">head.out";
+Curl::easy::setopt($curl, CURLOPT_WRITEHEADER, *HEAD);
+print "ok ".++$count."\n";
+
+open BODY, ">body.out";
+Curl::easy::setopt($curl, CURLOPT_FILE,*BODY);
+print "ok ".++$count."\n";
+
+my $errbuf;
+Curl::easy::setopt($curl, CURLOPT_ERRORBUFFER, "errbuf");
+print "ok ".++$count."\n";
+
+Curl::easy::setopt($curl, CURLOPT_URL, $url);
+
+print "ok ".++$count."\n";
+
+my $read_max=1000;
+
+sub read_callb
+{
+    my ($maxlen,$sv)=@_;
+    print STDERR "\nperl read_callback has been called!\n";
+    print STDERR "max data size: $maxlen - need $read_max bytes\n";
+	if ($read_max > 0) {
+		my $len=int($read_max/3)+1;
+		my $data = chr(ord('A')+rand(26))x$len;
+		print STDERR "generated max/3=", int($read_max/3)+1, " characters to be uploaded - $data.\n";
+		$read_max=$read_max-length($data);
+		return $data;
+	} else {
+		return "";
+	}
+}  
+
+#
+# test post/read callback functions - requires a url which accepts posts, or it fails!
+#
+
+Curl::easy::setopt($curl,CURLOPT_READFUNCTION,\&read_callb);
+Curl::easy::setopt($curl,CURLOPT_INFILESIZE,$read_max );
+Curl::easy::setopt($curl,CURLOPT_UPLOAD,1 );
+Curl::easy::setopt($curl,CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST,"POST" );
+                                                       
+if (Curl::easy::perform($curl) != 0) {
+	print "not ";
+};
+print "ok ".++$count."\n";
diff --git a/perl/Curl_easy/t/07ftp-upload.t b/perl/Curl_easy/t/07ftp-upload.t
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c23a180d2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/perl/Curl_easy/t/07ftp-upload.t
@@ -0,0 +1,129 @@
+# Test script for Perl extension Curl::easy.
+# Check out the file README for more info.
+
+# Before `make install' is performed this script should be runnable with
+# `make t/thisfile.t'. After `make install' it should work as `perl thisfile.t'
+
+######################### We start with some black magic to print on failure.
+
+# Change 1..1 below to 1..last_test_to_print .
+use strict;
+
+BEGIN { $| = 1; print "1..10\n"; }
+END {print "not ok 1\n" unless $::loaded;}
+use Curl::easy;
+
+$::loaded = 1;
+print "ok 1\n";
+
+######################### End of black magic.
+
+# Insert your test code below (better if it prints "ok 13"
+# (correspondingly "not ok 13") depending on the success of chunk 13
+# of the test code):
+
+my $count=1;
+
+# Read URL to get
+my $defurl = "ftp://user\@localhost//tmp/blah";
+my $url;
+if (defined ($ENV{CURL_TEST_URL_FTP})) {
+	$url=$ENV{CURL_TEST_URL_FTP};
+};# else {
+#$url = "";
+#print "Please enter an URL to fetch [$defurl]: ";
+#$url = <STDIN>;
+#if ($url =~ /^\s*\n/) {
+    $url = $defurl;
+#}
+#}
+
+# Init the curl session
+my $curl = Curl::easy::init();
+if ($curl == 0) {
+    print "not ";
+}
+print "ok ".++$count."\n";
+
+Curl::easy::setopt($curl, CURLOPT_NOPROGRESS, 1);
+Curl::easy::setopt($curl, CURLOPT_MUTE, 1);
+Curl::easy::setopt($curl, CURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION, 1);
+Curl::easy::setopt($curl, CURLOPT_TIMEOUT, 30);
+
+open HEAD, ">head.out";
+Curl::easy::setopt($curl, CURLOPT_WRITEHEADER, *HEAD);
+print "ok ".++$count."\n";
+
+open BODY, ">body.out";
+Curl::easy::setopt($curl, CURLOPT_FILE,*BODY);
+print "ok ".++$count."\n";
+
+my $errbuf;
+Curl::easy::setopt($curl, CURLOPT_ERRORBUFFER, "errbuf");
+print "ok ".++$count."\n";
+
+Curl::easy::setopt($curl, CURLOPT_URL, $url);
+
+print "ok ".++$count."\n";
+
+sub passwd_callb
+{
+    my ($clientp,$prompt,$buflen)=@_;
+    print STDERR "\nperl passwd_callback has been called!\n";
+    print STDERR "clientp: $clientp, prompt: $prompt, buflen: $buflen\n";
+    print STDERR "\nEnter max $buflen characters for $prompt ";
+    my $data = <STDIN>;
+    chomp($data);
+    return (0,$data);
+}                                                         
+
+# Now do an ftp upload:
+
+
+Curl::easy::setopt($curl, Curl::easy::CURLOPT_UPLOAD, 1);
+
+
+my $read_max=1000;
+Curl::easy::setopt($curl,CURLOPT_INFILESIZE,$read_max );   
+print "ok ".++$count."\n";
+ 
+sub read_callb
+{
+    my ($maxlen,$sv)=@_;
+    print STDERR "\nperl read_callback has been called!\n";
+    print STDERR "max data size: $maxlen - $read_max bytes needed\n";
+
+	if ($read_max > 0) {
+                my $len=int($read_max/3)+1;
+                my $data = chr(ord('A')+rand(26))x$len;
+                print STDERR "generated max/3=", int($read_max/3)+1, " characters to be uploaded - $data.\n";
+                $read_max=$read_max-length($data);
+                return $data;
+        } else {
+                return "";
+        }
+}
+               
+# Use perl read callback to read data to be uploaded
+Curl::easy::setopt($curl, Curl::easy::CURLOPT_READFUNCTION, \&read_callb);
+
+# Use perl passwd callback to read password for login to ftp server
+Curl::easy::setopt($curl, Curl::easy::CURLOPT_PASSWDFUNCTION, \&passwd_callb);
+
+print "ok ".++$count."\n";
+my $bytes;
+
+# Go get it
+if (Curl::easy::perform($curl) == 0) {
+    Curl::easy::getinfo($curl, Curl::easy::CURLINFO_SIZE_UPLOAD, $bytes);
+    print STDERR "$bytes bytes transferred\n";
+} else {
+    # We can acces the error message in $errbuf here
+    print STDERR "'$errbuf'\n";
+    print "not ";
+}
+print "ok ".++$count."\n";
+
+# Cleanup
+Curl::easy::cleanup($curl);
+print "ok ".++$count."\n";
diff --git a/perl/Curl_easy/t/08ssl.t b/perl/Curl_easy/t/08ssl.t
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0da9a556c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/perl/Curl_easy/t/08ssl.t
@@ -0,0 +1,98 @@
+# Test script for Perl extension Curl::easy.
+# Check out the file README for more info.
+
+# Before `make install' is performed this script should be runnable with
+# `make t/thisfile.t'. After `make install' it should work as `perl thisfile.t'
+
+######################### We start with some black magic to print on failure.
+
+# Change 1..1 below to 1..last_test_to_print .
+use strict;
+
+BEGIN { $| = 1; print "1..20\n"; }
+END {print "not ok 1\n" unless $::loaded;}
+use Curl::easy;
+
+$::loaded = 1;
+print "ok 1\n";
+
+######################### End of black magic.
+
+# Insert your test code below (better if it prints "ok 13"
+# (correspondingly "not ok 13") depending on the success of chunk 13
+# of the test code):
+
+my $count=1;
+
+# list of tests
+# 	site-url,         verifypeer(0,1),  verifyhost(0,2), result(0=ok, 1=fail)
+my $url_list=[
+	[ 'https://216.168.252.86/',  0, 0, 0 ], # www.awayweb.com
+	[ 'https://216.168.252.86/',  0, 2, 1 ], # www.awayweb.com
+	[ 'https://www.verisign.com/', 0, 0, 0 ],
+	[ 'https://www.verisign.com/', 0, 2, 0 ],
+	[ 'https://www.verisign.com/', 1, 2, 0 ], # these fail on openssl0.9.5 - unknown sig
+	[ 'https://www.verisign.com/', 1, 2, 0 ], # these fail on openssl0.9.5 - unknown sig
+	[ 'https://lc2.law13.hotmail.passport.com/', 0, 0, 0 ],
+	[ 'https://lc2.law13.hotmail.passport.com/', 0, 2, 0 ],
+	[ 'https://lc2.law13.hotmail.passport.com/', 1, 2, 0 ], # fail on 0.9.5
+	[ 'https://lc2.law13.hotmail.passport.com/', 1, 2, 0 ], # fail on 0.9.5
+	[ 'https://www.modssl.org/',  0, 0, 0 ],
+	[ 'https://www.modssl.org/',  0, 2, 0 ],
+	[ 'https://www.modssl.org/',  1, 0, 1 ],
+	[ 'https://www.modssl.org/',  1, 2, 1 ],
+];
+
+# Init the curl session
+my $curl = Curl::easy::init();
+if ($curl == 0) {
+    print "not ";
+}
+print "ok ".++$count."\n";
+
+
+Curl::easy::setopt($curl, CURLOPT_NOPROGRESS, 1);
+Curl::easy::setopt($curl, CURLOPT_MUTE, 0);
+#Curl::easy::setopt($curl, CURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION, 1);
+Curl::easy::setopt($curl, CURLOPT_TIMEOUT, 30);
+
+my @myheaders;
+$myheaders[1] = "User-Agent: Verifying SSL functions in perl interface for libcURL";
+Curl::easy::setopt($curl, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, \@myheaders);
+                                                                                       
+open HEAD, ">head.out";
+Curl::easy::setopt($curl, CURLOPT_WRITEHEADER, *HEAD);
+print "ok ".++$count."\n";
+
+open BODY, ">body.out";
+Curl::easy::setopt($curl, CURLOPT_FILE,*BODY);
+print "ok ".++$count."\n";
+
+my $errbuf;
+Curl::easy::setopt($curl, CURLOPT_ERRORBUFFER, "errbuf");
+print "ok ".++$count."\n";
+
+Curl::easy::setopt($curl, CURLOPT_FORBID_REUSE, 1);
+
+
+print "ok ".++$count."\n";
+Curl::easy::setopt($curl, CURLOPT_CAINFO,"ca-bundle.crt");                       
+
+foreach my $test_list (@$url_list) {
+    my ($url,$verifypeer,$verifyhost,$result)=@{$test_list};
+    print STDERR "testing $url verify=$verifypeer at level $verifyhost expect ".($result?"fail":"pass")."\n";
+
+    Curl::easy::setopt($curl, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYPEER,$verifypeer); # do verify 
+    Curl::easy::setopt($curl, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYHOST,$verifyhost); # check name
+    my $retcode;
+
+    Curl::easy::setopt($curl, CURLOPT_URL, $url);
+
+    $retcode=Curl::easy::perform($curl);
+    if ( ($retcode != 0) != $result) {
+  	print STDERR "error $retcode $errbuf\n";
+	print "not ";
+    };
+    print "ok ".++$count."\n";
+
+}
diff --git a/perl/Curl_easy/t/Makefile.am b/perl/Curl_easy/t/Makefile.am
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..99466ba1d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/perl/Curl_easy/t/Makefile.am
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+EXTRA_DIST = 00constants.t 01basic.t 02header-callback.t 03body-callback.t\
+04abort-test.t 05progress.t 06http-post.t 07ftp-upload.t 08ssl.t
diff --git a/perl/Curl_easy/test.pl b/perl/Curl_easy/test.pl
deleted file mode 100644
index 91bc48813..000000000
--- a/perl/Curl_easy/test.pl
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,321 +0,0 @@
-# Test script for Perl extension Curl::easy.
-# Check out the file README for more info.
-
-# Before `make install' is performed this script should be runnable with
-# `make test'. After `make install' it should work as `perl test.pl'
-
-######################### We start with some black magic to print on failure.
-
-# Change 1..1 below to 1..last_test_to_print .
-# (It may become useful if the test is moved to ./t subdirectory.)
-use Benchmark;
-use strict;
-
-BEGIN { $| = 1; print "1..13\n"; }
-END {print "not ok 1\n" unless $::loaded;}
-use Curl::easy;
-
-$::loaded = 1;
-print "ok 1\n";
-
-######################### End of black magic.
-
-# Insert your test code below (better if it prints "ok 13"
-# (correspondingly "not ok 13") depending on the success of chunk 13
-# of the test code):
-
-print "Testing curl version ",&Curl::easy::version(),"\n";
-
-# Read URL to get
-my $defurl = "http://localhost/cgi-bin/printenv";
-my $url = "";
-print "Please enter an URL to fetch [$defurl]: ";
-$url = <STDIN>;
-if ($url =~ /^\s*\n/) {
-    $url = $defurl;
-}
-
-# Init the curl session
-my $curl;
-if (($curl = Curl::easy::init()) != 0) {
-    print "ok 2\n";
-} else {
-    print "ko 2\n";
-}
-
-
-# No progress meter please
-# !! Need this on for all tests, as once disabled, can't re-enable it...
-#Curl::easy::setopt($curl, CURLOPT_NOPROGRESS, 1);
-
-# Shut up completely
-Curl::easy::setopt($curl, CURLOPT_MUTE, 1);
-
-# Follow location headers
-Curl::easy::setopt($curl, CURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION, 1);
-
-# Set timeout
-Curl::easy::setopt($curl, CURLOPT_TIMEOUT, 30);
-
-# Set file where to read cookies from
-Curl::easy::setopt($curl, CURLOPT_COOKIEFILE, "cookies");
-
-# Set file where to store the header
-open HEAD, ">head.out";
-Curl::easy::setopt($curl, CURLOPT_WRITEHEADER, *HEAD);
-print "ok 3\n";
-
-# Set file where to store the body
-# Send body to stdout - test difference between FILE * and SV *
-#open BODY, ">body.out";
-#Curl::easy::setopt($curl, CURLOPT_FILE,*BODY);
-print "ok 4\n";
-
-# Add some additional headers to the http-request:
-my @myheaders;
-$myheaders[0] = "Server: www";
-$myheaders[1] = "User-Agent: Perl interface for libcURL";
-Curl::easy::setopt($curl, Curl::easy::CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, \@myheaders);
-                                                                        
-# Store error messages in variable $errbuf
-# NOTE: The name of the variable is passed as a string!
-# setopt() creates a perl variable with that name, and
-# perform() stores the errormessage into it if an error occurs.
- 
-Curl::easy::setopt($curl, CURLOPT_ERRORBUFFER, "errbuf");
-Curl::easy::setopt($curl, CURLOPT_URL, $url);
-print "ok 5\n";
-
-my $bytes;
-my $realurl;
-my $httpcode;
-my $errbuf;
-
-# Go get it
-if (Curl::easy::perform($curl) == 0) {
-    Curl::easy::getinfo($curl, CURLINFO_SIZE_DOWNLOAD, $bytes);
-    print "ok 6: $bytes bytes read\n";
-    Curl::easy::getinfo($curl, CURLINFO_EFFECTIVE_URL, $realurl);
-    Curl::easy::getinfo($curl, CURLINFO_HTTP_CODE, $httpcode);
-    print "effective fetched url (http code: $httpcode) was: $url\n";
-} else {
-   # We can acces the error message in $errbuf here
-    print "not ok 6: '$errbuf'\n";
-	die "basic url access failed";
-}
-
-# cleanup
-#close HEAD;
-# test here - BODY is still expected to be the output
-# Curl-easy-1.0.2.pm core dumps if we 'perform' with a closed output FD...
-#close BODY;
-#exit;
-#
-# The header callback will only be called if your libcurl has the
-# CURLOPT_HEADERFUNCTION supported, otherwise your headers
-# go to CURLOPT_WRITEFUNCTION instead...
-#
-
-my $header_called=0;
-sub header_callback { print "header callback called\n"; $header_called=1; return length($_[0])};
-
-# test for sub reference and head callback
-Curl::easy::setopt($curl, CURLOPT_HEADERFUNCTION, \&header_callback);
-print "ok 7\n"; # so far so good
-
-if (Curl::easy::perform($curl) != 0) {
-	print "not ";
-};
-print "ok 8\n";
-
-print "next test will fail on libcurl < 7.7.2\n";
-print "not " if (!$header_called); # ok if you have a libcurl <7.7.2
-print "ok 9\n";
-
-my $body_called=0;
-sub body_callback {
-	my ($chunk,$handle)=@_;
-	print "body callback called with ",length($chunk)," bytes\n";
-	print "data=$chunk\n";
-	$body_called++;
-	return length($chunk); # OK
-}
-
-# test for ref to sub and body callback
-my $body_ref=\&body_callback;
-Curl::easy::setopt($curl, CURLOPT_WRITEFUNCTION, $body_ref);
-
-if (Curl::easy::perform($curl) != 0) {
-	print "not ";
-};
-print "ok 10\n";
-
-print "not " if (!$body_called);
-print "ok 11\n";
-
-my $body_abort_called=0;
-sub body_abort_callback {
-	my ($chunk,$sv)=@_;
-	print "body abort callback called with ",length($chunk)," bytes\n";
-	$body_abort_called++;
-	return  -1; # signal a failure
-}
-
-# test we can abort a request mid-way
-my $body_abort_ref=\&body_abort_callback;
-Curl::easy::setopt($curl, CURLOPT_WRITEFUNCTION, $body_abort_ref);
-
-if (Curl::easy::perform($curl) == 0) { # reverse test - this should have failed
-	print "not ";
-};
-print "ok 12\n";
-
-print "not " if (!$body_abort_called); # should have been called
-print "ok 13\n";
-
-# reset to a working 'write' function for next tests
-Curl::easy::setopt($curl,CURLOPT_WRITEFUNCTION, sub { return length($_[0])} );
-
-# inline progress function
-# tests for inline subs and progress callback
-# - progress callback must return 'true' on each call.
- 
-my $progress_called=0;
-sub prog_callb
-{
-    my ($clientp,$dltotal,$dlnow,$ultotal,$ulnow)=@_;
-    print "\nperl progress_callback has been called!\n";
-    print "clientp: $clientp, dltotal: $dltotal, dlnow: $dlnow, ultotal: $ultotal, ";
-    print "ulnow: $ulnow\n";
-	$progress_called++;
-    return 0;
-}                        
-
-Curl::easy::setopt($curl, CURLOPT_PROGRESSFUNCTION, \&prog_callb);
-
-# Turn progress meter back on - this doesn't work - once its off, its off.
-Curl::easy::setopt($curl, CURLOPT_NOPROGRESS, 0);
-
-if (Curl::easy::perform($curl) != 0) {
-	print "not ";
-};
-print "ok 14\n";
-
-print "not " if (!$progress_called);
-print "ok 15\n";
-
-my $read_max=10;
-
-sub read_callb
-{
-    my ($maxlen,$sv)=@_;
-    print "\nperl read_callback has been called!\n";
-    print "max data size: $maxlen\n";
-	print "(upload needs $read_max bytes)\n";
-    print "context: ".$sv."\n";
-	if ($read_max > 0) {
-		print "\nEnter max ", $read_max, " characters to be uploaded.\n";
-		my $data = <STDIN>;
-		chomp $data;
-		$read_max=$read_max-length($data);
-		return $data;
-	} else {
-		return "";
-	}
-}  
-
-#
-# test post/read callback functions - requires a url which accepts posts, or it fails!
-#
-
-Curl::easy::setopt($curl,CURLOPT_READFUNCTION,\&read_callb);
-Curl::easy::setopt($curl,CURLOPT_INFILESIZE,$read_max );
-Curl::easy::setopt($curl,CURLOPT_UPLOAD,1 );
-Curl::easy::setopt($curl,CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST,"POST" );
-                                                       
-if (Curl::easy::perform($curl) != 0) {
-	print "not ";
-};
-print "ok 16\n";
-
-sub passwd_callb
-{
-    my ($clientp,$prompt,$buflen)=@_;
-    print "\nperl passwd_callback has been called!\n";
-    print "clientp: $clientp, prompt: $prompt, buflen: $buflen\n";
-    print "\nEnter max $buflen characters for $prompt ";
-    my $data = <STDIN>;
-    chomp($data);
-    return (0,$data);
-}                                                         
-
-Curl::easy::cleanup($curl);
-
-# Now do an ftp upload:
-
-$defurl = "ftp://horn\@localhost//tmp/bla";
-print "\n\nPlease enter an URL for ftp upload [$defurl]: ";
-$url = <STDIN>;
-if ($url =~ /^\s*\n/) {
-    $url = $defurl;
-}
-
-# Init the curl session
-if (($curl = Curl::easy::init()) != 0) {
-    print "ok 17\n";
-} else {
-    print "not ok 17\n";
-}
-
-# Set URL to get
-if (Curl::easy::setopt($curl, Curl::easy::CURLOPT_URL, $url) == 0) {
-    print "ok 18\n";
-} else {
-    print "not ok 18\n";
-
-}
-
-# Tell libcurl to to an upload
-Curl::easy::setopt($curl, Curl::easy::CURLOPT_UPLOAD, 1);
-
-# No progress meter please
-#Curl::easy::setopt($curl, Curl::easy::CURLOPT_NOPROGRESS, 1);
-
-# Use our own progress callback
-Curl::easy::setopt($curl, Curl::easy::CURLOPT_PROGRESSFUNCTION, \&prog_callb);
-
-# Shut up completely
-Curl::easy::setopt($curl, Curl::easy::CURLOPT_MUTE, 1);
-
-# Store error messages in $errbuf
-Curl::easy::setopt($curl, Curl::easy::CURLOPT_ERRORBUFFER, "errbuf");
-
-$read_max=10;
-# Use perl read callback to read data to be uploaded
-Curl::easy::setopt($curl, Curl::easy::CURLOPT_READFUNCTION,
-    \&read_callb);
-
-# Use perl passwd callback to read password for login to ftp server
-Curl::easy::setopt($curl, Curl::easy::CURLOPT_PASSWDFUNCTION, \&passwd_callb);
-
-print "ok 19\n";
-
-# Go get it
-if (Curl::easy::perform($curl) == 0) {
-    Curl::easy::getinfo($curl, Curl::easy::CURLINFO_SIZE_UPLOAD, $bytes);
-    print "ok 20: $bytes bytes transferred\n\n";
-} else {
-    # We can acces the error message in $errbuf here
-    print "not ok 20: '$errbuf'\n";
-}
-
-# Cleanup
-Curl::easy::cleanup($curl);
-print "ok 21\n";
-
-# Copyright (C) 2000, Daniel Stenberg, , et al.
-# You may opt to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute and/or sell
-# copies of the Software, and permit persons to whom the Software is
-# furnished to do so, under the terms of the MPL or the MIT/X-derivate
-# licenses. You may pick one of these licenses.
-