Hi

I have a perplexing problem whereby I expect to receive a password via a SOAP interface. When the password contains £ (or €) the is-password-correct test fails.

I have produced a hugely much-simplified example below and I hope someone can give me some pointers as to how to go about determining what the mismatch is, 'cos I can't see it. It doesn't seem to be utf-8 related but then, what do I know? Anyway, clues, tips on how to determine why these strings are different, gratefully received.

# $code received into system via a SOAP interface...

<soapenv:Envelope xmlns:soapenv="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envel
+ope/" xmlns:urn="urn:Whatever">
   <soapenv:Header>
      <urn:AuthHeader>
         <Customer>TopDog</Customer>
         <Username>Underdog</Username>
            <passwordString>S$ummer£!01</passwordString>
.
.
.

# perl example fragment

my $control = q(S$ummer£!01);

if ( $control eq $code ) { warn("+++ $name: strings DO match\n"); }
if ( $control lt $code ) { warn("+++ $name: control lt code\n"); }
if ( $control gt $code ) { warn("+++ $name: control gt code\n"); }

returns

+++ _password_matcher: control gt code

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In reply to string mis-match? by zeltus

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