OK, so I am a PHP programmer, and I am just now learning Perl. I am trying to create my first module, yet I am having some trouble. I'm still trying to get a grasp on OOP in Perl. The following is the basis of my module:

package HTML::pageParser;

use strict;
use Carp;
use vars qw($VERSION @ISA @EXPORT);
use Exporter;

@ISA = qw(Exporter);
# Make some utility functions available if asked for
@EXPORT = (&loadAndParse &loadFile &parseData $result $debug);

# this creates our class/object
sub new {
    my $proto = shift;
    my $class = ref($proto) || $proto;
    my ($sysLoc) = my @orig_args = @_;
    my $self  = {};
    $self->{%tokens} = [];
    $self->{sysLoc} = $sysLoc;
    bless ($self, $class);
    $debug .= "new class has been run<br>";
    return $self;
} 

# this file reads a text file and loads the contents into an array
sub loadFile($)
{ 
    my $self = shift;
    my ($filename) = @_;
    if(open this, $filename)
    {
        while ($line = <this>)
            { $body .= $line; }
        close this;    
    } else die("cannot open the file:" $filename);
    $debug .= "loadFile has been run<br>";

    return($body);
}

# this function parses through the contents of a scalar variable and d
+oes a search/replace on the tokens
# the only thing left to figure out in this function is to eliminate t
+he duplicate matches found 
# before doing the replacing of any tokens. This will be a minor decre
+ase in processor resources. 
sub parseData($)
{
    my $self = shift;
    my ($data) = @_;
    my %tokens = $self->{tokens};
    foreach my $match($data =~ /\%(\S+?)\%/g)
    {
        if($tokens{$match}) 
            { $data =~ s/%$match%/$tokens{$match}/g; } 
        else 
            { $data =~ s/%$match%//g; }
    }
    $debug .= "parseData has been run<br>";    
    
    return($data);
}

# this is a quick way to both load a flat file and parse it's contents
+ for tokens.
sub loadAndParse($%)
{
    my $self = shift;
    my ($filename,%tokens) = @_;
    $data = loadFile($filename);
    $body = parseData($data);
    $debug .= "parseData has been run<br>";    
    
    return($body);
}


1;  # so the require or use succeeds
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Here's the test code i wrote that 'use's the module.

# this is just a test file to see if my new module is functioning prop
+erly
use HTML::pageParser;

#we need to make sure that we enter the path to our active directory h
+ere
$sysLoc = "E:\\test\\";

print "Content-Type: text/html\n\n";

# here are just some test tokens to make sure that this works
$myPage = pageParser->new($sysLoc);

$tokens{fName} = "Brandon";
$tokens{lName} = "Smith";
$data = $myPage->loadAndParse("parseThis.txt",%tokens);

print $result;
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When the test code is executed, it returns absolutely nothing... I am assuming that I am missing some really basic concept. But I have been pulling out my hair trying to figure it out, and am now turning to the wise ones for assistance. ANY fixes, suggestions or remarks are quite welcome. Thanks.

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