Hello there
Why reinvent the wheel? The CGI module does exactly what you're trying to accomplish. Here is something from the CGI docs:
FETCHING THE PARAMETER LIST AS A HASH:
$params = $q->Vars;
print $params->{'address'};
@foo = split("\0",$params->{'foo'});
%params = $q->Vars;
use CGI ':cgi-lib';
$params = Vars;
So, all you need is to create a CGI object, and get the params hash:
use CGI qw/Vars/;
my %params = Vars;
# now you're good to go :-)
Or, if you really want to pass your own QUERY_STRING, do it like this:
use CGI;
my $q = new CGI($ENV{QUERY_STRING});
my %params = $q->Vars();
Hope this helps,,,
Aziz,,,