getting parameters from browser

hotshot has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

hello ! I have a problem reading from browser to my CGI script a parameter that was sent to me in GET method. the specific parameter include the sign '+' in it. I receive this paramete with the value without the '+' sign, for example:

# If I have a parameter dir=/lost+found
# when I read it using: $dir = param('dir');
# I get: $dir == '/lost found';

anyone knows what the hell is going here?

Thanks.

Hotshot

Edit kudra, 2002-05-07 Added missing </I> tag

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Re: getting parameters from browser by Zaxo (Archbishop) on May 08, 2002 at 06:58 UTC
CGI.pm is expecting params to arrive uuencoded per the cgi standard.. The '/lost+found' string will be properly encoded by the browser when it stumbits, but you need to code by hand for local testing. Examples: `$ perl -MCGI -e'$q=CGI->new;print $q->param(q/dir/),$/' dir='/lost+fou +nd' /lost found $ perl -MCGI -e'$q=CGI->new;print $q->param(q/dir/),$/' dir='/lost%2Bf +ound' /lost+found $` [download] The first verifies your results, the second shows how to encode. After Compline, Zaxo	[reply] [d/l]
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