in: M42C::Web::Session::new end of the sub, should be: return $self, NOT return $class. THAT Fixed a lot of issues. Because I chose to return a string instead of a blessed refrence: $self->{_r}->dir_config->get("M42CSessionClass")

Had no value, however confused perl may have been I'm fairly sure there should have been an error about calling methods on a non package *anything.

So there you have it. I feel like an idiot now. :P Thanks for the help though, and I did end up switching to "use" simply because it's easier. I'll consider revising it later XD after testing on a few databases.