I could if I had that Data:: module or the power to have it installed. Alas, I do not. I do thank you for your continued suggestions. I checked the value of $filename and it is the name of the file I'm attempting to upload. I had an older version of my script that worked, but it didn't pass variables and I had to create a new subroutine for each file upload field (I have two): 
## OLD CODE
sub Store_Results{
    my $data;
    my $mime = uploadInfo($File_Name)->{'Content-Type'};
  
    open (STORAGE, ">$Directory/$File_Name") or die "Error: $Directory
+/$File: $!\n";

    if($mime !~ /text/){
        binmode ($File_Name);
        binmode (STORAGE);
    }

    while( read($File_Name, $data, 1024) ){
        print STORAGE $data;
    }

    close STORAGE;
}

## NEW CODE
#stores uploaded files
sub storeFiles{
  my($filename, $directory) = @_; #name subroutine variables
    my $data;
    my $mime = uploadInfo($filename)->{'Content-Type'};
    open (STORAGE, ">$directory/$filename") or die "Error: $directory/
+$filename: $!\n";
    if($mime !~ /text/){
        binmode ($filename);
        binmode (STORAGE);
    }
    while( read($filename, $data, 1024) ){ print STORAGE $data;}
    close STORAGE;
}

[download]
I was trying to make the code more reusable and so re-wrote the subroutine to pass the file name and the directory path, but it obviously doesn't work. 
my $mime = uploadInfo($File_Name)->{'Content-Type'};

[download]
works, but
    my $mime = uploadInfo($filename)->{'Content-Type'};
does not.

In reply to Re^6: IE vs. Firefox : Can't use an undefined value as a HASH reference error by hmbscully
in thread IE vs. Firefox : Can't use an undefined value as a HASH reference error by hmbscully

Title:
Use:  <p> text here (a paragraph) </p>
and:  <code> code here </code>
to format your post, it's "PerlMonks-approved HTML":


  • Posts are HTML formatted. Put <p> </p> tags around your paragraphs. Put <code> </code> tags around your code and data!
  • Titles consisting of a single word are discouraged, and in most cases are disallowed outright.
  • Read Where should I post X? if you're not absolutely sure you're posting in the right place.
  • Please read these before you post! —
  • Posts may use any of the Perl Monks Approved HTML tags:
    a, abbr, b, big, blockquote, br, caption, center, col, colgroup, dd, del, details, div, dl, dt, em, font, h1, h2, h3, h4, h5, h6, hr, i, ins, li, ol, p, pre, readmore, small, span, spoiler, strike, strong, sub, summary, sup, table, tbody, td, tfoot, th, thead, tr, tt, u, ul, wbr
  • You may need to use entities for some characters, as follows. (Exception: Within code tags, you can put the characters literally.)
            For:     Use:
    & &amp;
    < &lt;
    > &gt;
    [ &#91;
    ] &#93;
  • Link using PerlMonks shortcuts! What shortcuts can I use for linking?
  • See Writeup Formatting Tips and other pages linked from there for more info.