You should URI-encode your parameters. agent_site.pl?dir=$dir(=$lang&des=$des&page=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.consumerinfo.com%2Fcic%2Fform_online_a1.asp%3Fsc%3D00030000%26af%3D%26br%3D%26cl%3D0105 See the URI or URI::Escape modules. You should probably also escape $dir, $lang and $des.

Makeshifts last the longest.