I have a perl mechanize script that works great if the script is able to submit the form. However, if it is unable to to submit for any reason, I get an internal server error. The script gives me this error when I am checking the 'success' value. It never reaches the 'else' statement below: 
my $m = WWW::Mechanize->new( autocheck=>1);

$m->get($url);

if ($m->success)       
{
    $m->submit_form(
        form_id => 'comment-form',
        fields  => {
           author => $author,
           email => $email,
           url => '',
           text => $comment,
        },
    );
        my $response = $m->response();
        print "Your comment has been posted and will appear shortly.";

} else {
        print "Was not able to connect to website.";
}

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Any tips on what I can do so that it doesn't 'die' if there is an error. I had though that the code above would be enough but apparently it's not. Thank you in advance.

In reply to Perl Mechanize script dies during success check by miriamherald

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