This can be solved by checking if the user has javascript enabled, if not, pass a hidden flag then have the cgi script do it. You could so something like this.

HTML Form
<form>
<noscript>
<input type="hidden" name="jsenabled" value="yes">
</noscript>
</form>


CGI Script
if ($q->param('jsenabled') eq "Yes") {
  #perform validation
}
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my $name = 'Ben Kittrell';
$name=~s/^(.+)\s(.).+$/\L$1$2/g;
my $nick = 'tha' . $name . 'sta';
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