if ($user_id eq '') {
    	my $cookie = CGI->new;
    		$user_id = $cookie->cookie('TEC_USER_ID');
            my $crypt = Crypt::Lite->new( debug => 0, encoding => 'hex8' );
                my $decrypted = $crypt->decrypt($user_id, $ip_address);
            $user_id = $decrypted;
    }