If you notice, In my 1st thread, I included a description of some of the things I have tried... I have exhausted every idea I can come up with and hav3e included examples i.e. test2.pl (above). I am not trying to get u to do my work 4 me, I am trying to learn PERL and just need to plug variables from print "<P><A HREF=$ENV{'SCRIPT_NAME'}?action=buynow&category=&item=$form{'item'}>Buy Now</A></FONT>" if (($buyit ne "") & ($bid < $buyit));...Maybe I need to write the variables to a test file from: print "<P><A HREF=$ENV{'SCRIPT_NAME'}?action=buynow&category=&item=$form{'item'}>Buy Now</A></FONT>" if (($buyit ne "") & ($bid < $buyit));...prior to executing: print " - <A HREF=$ENV{'SCRIPT_NAME'}\?action=paypal_login\&ALIAS=$form{'ALIAS'}\&balance=$balance> PayPal </A>" if ($config{'allowpaypal'} != 0);...then, after the ikobo.pl returns:

RESP=OK, I can read the text file I just made, and plug that info back
+ into: 
print "<P><A HREF=$ENV{'SCRIPT_NAME'}?action=buynow&category=&item=$fo
+rm{'item'}>Buy Now</A></FONT>" if (($buyit ne "") & ($bid < $buyit));
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...after ikobo returns RESP=OK? Any helpful comments?