Hello fellow Monks

I have a simple XML result that I am parsing with XML::Simple. One element can have a sub element in some cases so I have the code below to try and check if the variable is in a further down in a hash or not. Data Dumper shows my hash reference is correct. However, I am getting the error futher down when I use diagnostics. Any ideas? 

my $web = "http://my-base-url/";
if(exists $xml->{result}->{covers}->{1}->{content})
    {$image = "$web$xml->{result}->{covers}->{1}->{content}";}
        else{$image = "$web$xml->{result}->{covers}"}

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ERROR: Can't use string ("/imagegallery2/content/levl/220/") as a HASH ref while "strict refs"

**Updated typo changing :$image = "$web$xml->{results}->{covers}"} to $image = "$web$xml->{result}->{covers}"}

In reply to If exists (hash) by packetstormer

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