sub duplicate_record { my $html_title = 'Duplicate records have been found!'; die("Cannot open file for matching\n") unless open (DBFILE, "dbfile.pdb"); while ( and $found == 0) { #while not eof file and pattern not matched ($found == 0) foreach $record () { #foreach line ($record) @pattern_check = split(/,/, $record); #spit line where you see comma (,) ($record) if ($name eq $pattern_check[0] and $surename eq $pattern_check[1]) { #check if duplicate is available print $cgi-> start_html("$html_title"). $cgi-> h1('Duplicate records:'). $cgi-> p("$name $surename $phone already exists.\nGo back and fill something else than that!"). $cgi-> end_html; $found = 1; }#if }#foreach }#while close (DBFILE); if ($found == 0) { save_db(); }#if }# sub duplicate_record