The problem is probably that your script dies due to the typo here when you call a function on an undefined value 

print my $cgi->escapeHTML( $tags); # should be $query not $cgi
print $query->escapeHTML( $tags );

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Your CGI object is called $query not $cgi. Checking the error logs would have revealed this and avoided your frustration.... The script compiles OK because this is a runtime error.

If this fails then check what the script is actually getting from your form: 

use CGI;

my $query = CGI->new;

print $query->header;

%form = $query->Vars;

use Data::Dumper;
print $query->escapeHTML(Dumper(\%form));

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If that is not usefull see the CGI Help Guide I wrote.

cheers

tachyon

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In reply to Re: Problems printing to browser by tachyon
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