sub GetUserSessionCookie { warn("Entered GetUserSessionCookie Sessionname: '$sessionname'"); # fetch existing cookies from cookie.pm CGI::Cookie - Interface to HTTP Cookies my %cookies = CGI::Cookie->fetch; my $id = $cookies{'ID'}->value; my $sid = $id; warn($sid); $sid = 0; #for testing the rest of program. If I put in valid SID from #cookie recognizes user as logged on. return $sid; }