Is this about CGI? Have you read How do I post a question effectively? If not, do so.

If you have a form element like

<input name="article">
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and you type "chickensoup" into the field and submit to a CGI script containing

my $input = 'article';
my $product = $query->param($input);
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the variable $product should hold the string "chickensoup". Doesn't? Post some code. Read CGI.

--shmem

_($_=" "x(1<<5)."?\n".q·/)Oo.  G°\        /
                              /\_¯/(q    /
----------------------------  \__(m.====·.(_("always off the crowd"))."·
");sub _{s./.($e="'Itrs `mnsgdq Gdbj O`qkdq")=~y/"-y/#-z/;$e.e && print}