if ( param('select') ) { #If User selected an item from the drop down menu my $selected_file = encode('utf8', param('select')); ## ADD THIS LINE unless ( grep /^\Q$selected_file\E$/, @display_files ) My suggestion was to create a new utf8 string by decoding the value returned by "param('select')", so that you could compare this utf8 version of the parameter to the contents of the utf8 filename array. What you did instead was something else entirely, and quite brainless.
Firts of all watch yout attitute towards me. Is you that made the mistake, not me.
Look what you say. You say "to create a new utf8 string by decoding the value returned by "param('select')" but instead of using decode() you used encode(). You should be decoding the external utf8 string browser sent back but you are re-encode it again. Why?! After all you are the one that says "encode" returns something that is external (not flagged as perl-internal utf8) while we want a proper perl internal utf8 flagged string.

i did alter you code a bit by swapping my $selected_file = encode('utf8', param('select')); with $article = encode( 'utf8', $article ); but the point and functionality remains the same. 

my $article = param('select') || "Αρχική
+ Σελίδα!";


if ( param('select') )  {  #If user selected an item from the drop dow
+n menu

$article = encode( 'utf8', $article );

   unless( grep  /^\Q$article\E$/, @menu_files )  #Unless user selecti
+on doesn't match one of the valid filenames within @menu_files
   {

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Look at what you suggested to me to try and what i typed. It does the same job, doesnt change anything. The moment the script enters the if() code block $article equals param('select') and instead of storing the encoded string to $selected_file i store it to $article itself so to later on check it against the @menu_files for a possible match.

Except from the fact that you have explained to em the difference of encode() opposed to decode(), i consider you last reply as totally incomplete. I wrote to you so many things and ideas where i ask you if its correct and you didn't bother answering them. I spend hours trying stuff and answerign back you know...

AND AS I HAVE TOLD YOU IN MY PREVIOUS POST THE PROBLEM IS SOLVED BY ME DOING SOMETHING ELSE, DID YOU EVEN READ IT? AND IF YOU DID HOW YOU EXPLAIN IT?
ARE YOU STILL CERTAIN THE STRING RETURNED BACK FORM THE BROWSER AINT FLAGGED AS PERL-INTERNAL UTF8?
BECAUSE I THINK IT IS, SINCE MY SCRIPT WORKS WITHOUT AN ADDITIONAL LINE OF ENCODING/DECODING IT FURTHER.i EXPLAIN IN MY PREVIOUS POST HOW I BELIEVE THIS HAPPENING

THE WEBPAGE DOES WORK PERFECTLY NORMAL YOU MUST HAVE HAVE TRIED TO SEE IT AT A GREEK TIME AFTER 5:30AM WHEN I HAVE GONE TO SLEEP AND OF COURSE I TURN THE POWER OF PC OFF TO OPEN IT THE OTHER DAY. ps1. i have tried the one-linears and variations on test cgi script and understood how they work.

In reply to Re^6: somethign wrong with the sumbit by Nik
in thread somethign wrong with the sumbit by Nik

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