Re: 'var' instead of var ... (getting crazy)

[Andrea Brugiolo]

On Wed, Dec 15, 1999 at 09:10:47PM -0400, Eric L. Brine wrote:
> 
> > the [query_string (url_params)] usually reads this query_string in 
> > correctly, like this:
> > record=32&lang=it
> > BUT, SOMETIMES (random?) query_string is read
> > like:
> > 'record=32&lang=it'
> > Where could my error be?
> 
> Do you have any mod_perl handlers that work at an earlier phase of the
> request? Maybe they add the quotes by accident. Is the requested proxied
> from a front-end or is mod_rewrite used? The quotes may be introduced
> there by accident.

Well (if I understand all what you say :): i surely do NOT use
mod_rewrite; the  query_string directly  comes from  the other
script, which is instructed to do a simple redirect:

...
$uri = "$VIEWURL?record=$key;lang=$lang";
print $query->redirect($uri);

But  it  doesn't  (always)  understand  it,  as  i  told  you,
expecially just  after I  restart Apache  (after some  hits it
begins to  behave better, but  there is not  guarantee anyway,
for all the session).

Thank you,
Andrea

   Andrea Brugiolo University of Padova
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'var' instead of var ... (getting crazy)

[Andrea Brugiolo]

Dear Folks,

a kind of weird problem is making me crazy:

i wrote  two scripts, all under  mod_perl and they seem  to be
ok.  One calls  the other  one  and passes  some arguments  to
it  through the  query_string (url_params);  well, the  latter
usually reads this query_string in correctly, like this:

record=32&lang=it

as i  can see  calling $query->query_string(),  having defined
$query as a "new CGI" (CGI.pm).
So far so good, BUT,  SOMETIMES (random?) query_string is read
like:

'record=32&lang=it'

which makes the script crash  because in this case $language =
$query->url_param('lang') comes  out to  be "it'",  instead of
"it", (unless  i write $language =~  s/'// , of course,  but i
refuse  to!), and  my script  is instructed  not to  deal with
"it'" language...! 8|

More: this behaviour --a variable  read as "'name'" instead of
"name"-- doesn't only happen with query string params but also
with other variables, rather often, like $query->remote_host()
or whatever you like...

Where could my (possibly idiotic) error be?

Finally, I  can't understand if  it's a modperl's  (?) problem
(PerlWarns  is  On  but  _nothing_ is  printed)  or  rather  a
CGI.pm's strange  behaviour, so I  hope not to bother  you too
much (i apologize).

Thank you very much!

Andrea Brugiolo

   Andrea Brugiolo University of Padova
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