Re: When constructing a URL from script variables, how do I handle spaces properly?

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In fact, if you are trying to construct

  <a href="/cgi-bin/editmarine.pl?marine=$marineid">edit marine</a>
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You'll run into a lot of problems if $marine is not URI-encoded. So the first step is to trot over to URI::Escape and run it through there. No spaces will be left!

Editor's note:

#Sample Code

my $SafeMarine = URI::Escape::uri_escape($marineid);
<a href="/cgi-bin/editmarine.pl?marine=$SafeMarine">edit marine</a>
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RE: Answer: When constructing a URL from script variables, how do I handle spaces properly? by steveAZ98 (Monk) on Jul 25, 2000 at 06:08 UTC
I've also used the code below to replace spaces with the correct chars. `$value =~ s/\s/\%20/g;` [download] And it seems to work good for my purposes.	[reply] [d/l]

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