Perlmonks,
I have a question about strict vars and the code segment below. I get a compilation error that goes away when I turn off the strict pragma.
I am trying to parse html form data with a regex. I want to accept only what I consider appropriate data in each form field. Also, I want to eventually save this info to a database so, as I understand it I have to untaint it (another reason for the regex). I bring each field of the form into a variable prefaced with a D for dirty, untaint it then grab the regex backreference with the variable of the same name, minus the 'D'.

Below is the beginning of my script. I plan to use Time::Local but am not right now, so it is commented out and, I think, not a factor. What I have is a series of declarations followed by the regex stuff. Perhaps its not the most elegant way to do this, but I can not figure out why, since no loops, if-else clauses, or subroutines factor into this series of matches and assignments, the strict pragma does not like it. As I understand it, these variables are all file scope and should therefore be OK to 'strict'. If I turn strict on and then add 'no strict vars' the script will compile.
Thanks
itchybrownrobe

#use strict;
use warnings;

#use Time::Local;
use CGI qw(:standard);
use CGI::Carp qw(fatalsToBrowser);
my $sec = 0;
my $min;
my $hours;
my $D_title = param('title');
my $title;
.
.
.
#___________start_untainting_form_input_________
$temp = ($D_title =~ m/^(Dr.|Prof.|Mrs.|Ms.|Miss|Mr.)$/ );
$title = $1;

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