use DBI; use strict; my $user = $ENV{REMOTE_USER}; my $driver = 'mysql'; my $database = 'db'; my $dsn = "DBI:$driver:database=$database"; my $dbh = DBI->connect($dsn, 'user', 'password') or die $DBI::errstr; my $result = $dbh->prepare("SELECT * FROM tablename WHERE username =?"); $result->execute($user); my $row = $result->fetchrow_hashref; my $engr = $row->{engr}; my $team = $row->{team_name}; my $position = $row->{team_position}; my $group = $row->{grp}; my $level = $row->{level}; $result->finish; $dbh->disconnect;