thanks and sorry for posting in the incorrect area On Jul 24, 2010, at 3:52 PM, Adam Prime wrote:
> Mark Robinson wrote: >> Hi all, >> my mod_perl 2 handler receives form data. I fetch it using the read_post() >> function provided in the API docs. it works well but if the form posts data >> with tags and such, the fetched data has html control codes instead. >> for example, if I post the tag "<HTML>", read_post() returns "%3Chtml%3E" >> is there anything built into mod_perl 2 to convert this back into the >> original characters? > > Questions like this should to go the users mailing list > modp...@perl.apache.org. dev@ is for discussion of the on going development > of mod_perl. > > That said, many people use libapreq2 to handle all incoming post (and get) > data which will automatically unescape everything nicely for you. > > To answer your actual question though, you could use > Apache2::URI::unescape_url by the looks of things: > > http://perl.apache.org/docs/2.0/api/Apache2/URI.html#C_unescape_url_ > > Adam > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@perl.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@perl.apache.org > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@perl.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@perl.apache.org