If I do that, then all of them would be replaced and I'd have the same
problem with the - then.
How do I distinguish between an & that HTML inserted as a delimiter vs. an &
the user entered? (or an =, for that matter)
-John
On 12/9/02 4:50 PM, "Sven Bentlage" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi John
>
> 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.
>>
>> --
>> -John Stokes
>> Computer Psychiatrist (Director of Information Technology)
>> Church Resource Ministries
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>>
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