> > > > Hi Folks, > > > > I am trying to determine if a string is base64 encoded, I don't know in > > advance if it will be or not, but I need to find out so that I can > > decode as needed. Any hint? > > > > cheers > > andre
I once wrote a MC cgi script that was decoding incoming emails featuring base64 encoded parts. I just retrieved that script and first thing it did was to find the following string in the email : "Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64" and then it seemed to decide that each following line containing "--" was base64 encoded. IMHO this implies 2 things : 1) base64 encoded strings don't pop out of nowhere, they're always in a context which features a header of some sort that can be used to make the decision about decoding... 2) without any header indication, there's probably no way to decide whether a string is base64 encoded... but I could be wrong... JB _______________________________________________ use-revolution mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
