BEGIN { # get doc root from %ENV # implicitly declare file root path if %ENV not fount my $doc_root = $ENV{DOCUMENT_ROOT} || 'C:/Users/User/Documents/website/sites/mysite'; # change \ to / $doc_root =~ s/\\/\//g; # add module folder location $doc_root .= "/cgi-bin/cms/"; # add module location to @INC push(@INC,$doc_root); }