Could this sub be doing it? (i notice "remove any spaces")

############################# Subroutines ###########################
### PARSE SUBROUTINE
sub parse_formx {
     local ($name, $value, $pair, $buffer, @pairs);

     if ($ENV{'REQUEST_METHOD'} eq 'GET') {
         # Split the name-value pairs
         @pairs = split(/&/, $ENV{'QUERY_STRING'});
     }
     elsif ($ENV{'REQUEST_METHOD'} eq 'POST') {
 
            # Clear buffer and Get the input
            $buffer = "";
            read(STDIN, $buffer, $ENV{'CONTENT_LENGTH'});
            # Split the name-value pairs
            @pairs = split(/&/, $buffer);

     }else {

            &error("Bad request method, Use POST or GET");
            exit;
      }
     #determine name and variable for each pair
     foreach $pair (@pairs) {

      # Split into name and value.  
      ($name, $value) = split(/=/, $pair);

      # Ignore The Submit Button
      if($name =~ /submit/i) { next; }

      $name =~ tr/+/ /;
      $name =~ s/%([a-fA-F0-9][a-fA-F0-9])/pack("C", hex($1))/eg;
 
      $value =~ tr/+/ /;
      $value =~ s/%([a-fA-F0-9][a-fA-F0-9])/pack("C", hex($1))/eg;    
+                                                                     
+                                                                     
+         

      # Remove Any Possible System Shell Commands Or SSI's Etc.
      $name =~ s/~!/ ~!/g;
      $name =~ s/<!--(.|\n)*-->//g;
      $value =~ s/~!/ ~!/g;
      $value =~ s/<!--(.|\n)*-->//g;

      $value =~ s/^\s+//gms;           # remove any leading spaces
      $value =~ s/\s+$//gms;           # remove any trailing spaces
      $value =~ s/\s{2,}/ /gms;        # remove any 2 spaces and put o
+nly 1
      $value =~ s/\|//g;               # removes any Intruder tamperin
+g
      $value =~ s/~//g;
      $value =~ s/\`//g;               # removes any server side inclu
+des
      $value =~ s/\~//g;               # removes any server side inclu
+des
      $value =~ s/\"//g;               # removes quotes 
      $value =~ s/\;//g;               # removes html
      $value =~ s/\<//g;               # removes html
      $value =~ s/\>//g;               # removes html
      $value =~ s/\s+//g;               # remove any spaces
       $value =~ s/^[\s]+|[\s]+$//gm;           # remove any spaces

      $FORM{$name} = $value;

      }

      return %FORM;
} # end of sub
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