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;
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use CGI qw/Vars/;
my %params = Vars;
# now you're good to go :-)
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use CGI;
my $q = new CGI($ENV{QUERY_STRING});
my %params = $q->Vars();