@EXPORT = qw( $LoggedOn_user_id $VERSION = '0.0.1'; } our $LoggedOn_user_id; my $username1 = $session->param("username"); warn("username1 : '$username1'"); my $text = $username1; $text =~ m/(\d+)/; my $num = $1; warn("num: '$num'"); $LoggedOn_user_id = $num; warn("is already logged on loggedon_user_id : '$LoggedOn_user_id'");