why don`t you use a small regex to replace the & ?
Something like :
if ($variable =~ m/&/) {$variable =~ s/&/-/g}
should replace the ampersand with a "-". (I am not quite sure if you have to write & or \& )
Cheers,
Sven
(P.S.: I am definitely sure there are much faster, shorter and better coded solutions to your problem...so keep your eyes open..)
On Tuesday, Dec 10, 2002, at 01:31 Europe/Berlin, John Stokes wrote:
I have an ongoing problem.
As you know, HTML encodes GET and POST requests using the format:
"myurl.com?name1=value1&name2=value2&..."
My problem is, I have users constantly using ampersands (&) in text fields
(ex: John & Jane Doe), so my data comes across as:
"?name1=value1&name2=val&ue2=&name3=value3" etc...
So, when I split this into a hash, the data after a user-entered & is
effectively lost. My current solution to this is to add a Javascript that
prevents the user from submitting the form if there's an & in the likely
text fields, BUT...
Is there an elegant solution to this? Can Perl process this effectively?
Thanks.
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