use CGI; my $q = new CGI; print $q->header( "text/html" ); if ( $q->param() ) { if( $q->param( $name ) ) { if( $q->param( $email ) ) { if( exists $emails{$q->param( $email )} ) { print "
Email already exists in database.
\n"; } else { $emails{$q->param( $email )} = "$info"; print "
Your information was added to our system!
\n"; } } # you missed this closing brace else { print "Email was missing"; exit; } } else { print "Name was missing"; exit; } }