warn qq(\nDILBERT 1a: "), Dumper($q_meta), " ", Dumper($page_title) if $is_dilbert; DILBERT 1a: "$VAR1 = "Haji\\ Ayub\\ Afridi"; $VAR1 = "Haji Ayub Afridi";" #### #!/usr/bin/perl my $q = 'Haji Ayub Afridi'; my $page_title = 'Haji Ayub Afridi'; my $q_meta = quotemeta($page_title); my $tmp_test = ($page_title =~ /$q_meta/i) || 0; if (!$tmp_test) { print "BAD"; } else { print "GOOD"; }