I thought the browser automaticly replaces the & signs and other special characters with their hex value, like %20 for space. Isn't the & character replaced?
Teddy, Teddy's Center: http://teddy.fcc.ro/ Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Stokes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, December 10, 2002 2:31 AM Subject: Handling & = 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. -- -John Stokes Computer Psychiatrist (Director of Information Technology) Church Resource Ministries [EMAIL PROTECTED] Three Pillars: Humility, Communication, Balance -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
