if grep { $_ eq $param } $cgi->param;
}
+#location flags (checkboxes)
+my @loc = grep /^\w+$/, $cgi->param('loc');
+$search_hash{"location_$_"} = 1 foreach @loc;
+
my $report_option = $cgi->param('report_option');
$search_hash{report_option} = $report_option if $report_option;