#dont use ' ','' because if your useing '$server_ip' perl will not interpopulate the the scalar... 
my $conn = DBI->connect('DBI:mysql:bcpadb;host=<server IP>, '<username>', '<password>', { RaiseError => 1 }) || die "Could not connect to the database"; 
 
#should be 
my $conn = DBI->connect("DBI:mysql:bcpadb;host=<server IP>", "<username>", "<password>", { RaiseError => 1 }) or die "Could not connect to the database"; 
 
 
#change this 
my $LName = $FORM{'LName'}; 
my $FName = $FORM{'FName'}; 
 
#to this 
my $LName = $FORM{LName}; 
my $FName = $FORM{FName};