for ($loop=1; $loop <= $form{'files'}; $loop++){ if ($form{"img$loop"}){ print STDERR "in if: form var img${loop} is $form{img${loop}}\n" if $debug > 15; ... print STDERR "done mussing: form1 img$loop is $form1{img${loop}}\n" if $debug > 10; print STDERR "opening: form filename is $form{filename}\n" if $debug > 20; open(FILE, ">$form{'filename'}/$form1{\"img$loop\"}") or die "can't open ", "$form{filename}/$form1{img${loop}}", ": $!"; while ($bytesread=read($file,$buffer,1024)) { print STDERR "while: read $bytesread\n" if $debug > 20; #### my $this_loop = "img${loop}"; $hash{$this_loop} = ... #### my $img_file = "$form{filename}/$form1{$this_loop}"; open(FILE, ">$img_file") or die "can't open $img_file: $!";