in reply to & and XML::Simple

Its by design, as "&" is just the xml way to write "&"

The way you're using XML::Simple it is not giving you "raw" xml and thats a good thing

The way you're passing on what XML::Simple gives is your problem, the other end is expecting xml, but you're not giving it xml, you forgot to escape/encode/xmlify the data you're sending

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Re^2: & and XML::Simple
by Anonymous Monk on Jun 08, 2017 at 00:39 UTC
    I forgot code tags :) "&" is the xml way to write "&", its how xml encoded/escapes "&"
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      ok. So I just added this bit to "XML-ify" what i'm sending: 
      $URLFix = '&';
$parsedPayload->{results_link} =~ s/&/$URLFix/g;

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      And that would be "The correct way to fix it"?
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        The "correct way to fix it" is to use an XML building module that automatically escapes things for you. 
        use strict;
use warnings;
use XML::Simple qw( :strict );
my $xml = '<foo><bar>blah&amp;blah</bar></foo>';
my @opts = (KeepRoot=>1, KeyAttr=>[]);
my $data = XMLin($xml, ForceArray=>1, @opts);
use Data::Dump;
dd($data);
print(XMLout($data, @opts));

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        Output: 
        { foo => [{ bar => ["blah&blah"] }] }
<foo>
  <bar>blah&amp;blah</bar>
</foo>

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        Note that the ampersand is unescaped in the first output line, then escaped again in the XML.

        Also, don't use XML::Simple. Someone want to suggest a better module?

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        No.
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