in reply to Re^2: & and XML::Simple
in thread & and XML::Simple

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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Re^4: & and XML::Simple
by Anonymous Monk on Jun 08, 2017 at 01:57 UTC
    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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Re^4: &amp; and XML::Simple
by Anonymous Monk on Jun 08, 2017 at 01:23 UTC
    No.
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