I know this subject has come up recently in other contexts, and Merlyn was very detailed on the subject, but can I ask it quickly and get a quick answer, just to get going on my project?

I have search engine I've written.

I have a "10 results per page" format.

When the user searches for "what's up doc?" and gets more than ten results, I want them to be able to go to the next page (results 11 to 20) and also to populate the search field on that page with their query. So I need the string to be encoded.

What's the correct module and command to use to transform "what's up doc?" with its spaces and punctuation, into something that's legal for a query string, that is, not: 

myscript.cgi?query=what's up doc?&page=2

[download]
TIA,
--
“Every bit of code is either naturally related to the problem at hand, or else it's an accidental side effect of the fact that you happened to solve the problem using a digital computer.”
M-J D

In reply to URL/URI encoding strings to go into query strings by Cody Pendant

Title:
Use:  <p> text here (a paragraph) </p>
and:  <code> code here </code>
to format your post, it's "PerlMonks-approved HTML":


  • Posts are HTML formatted. Put <p> </p> tags around your paragraphs. Put <code> </code> tags around your code and data!
  • Titles consisting of a single word are discouraged, and in most cases are disallowed outright.
  • Read Where should I post X? if you're not absolutely sure you're posting in the right place.
  • Please read these before you post! —
  • Posts may use any of the Perl Monks Approved HTML tags:
    a, abbr, b, big, blockquote, br, caption, center, col, colgroup, dd, del, details, div, dl, dt, em, font, h1, h2, h3, h4, h5, h6, hr, i, ins, li, ol, p, pre, readmore, small, span, spoiler, strike, strong, sub, summary, sup, table, tbody, td, tfoot, th, thead, tr, tt, u, ul, wbr
  • You may need to use entities for some characters, as follows. (Exception: Within code tags, you can put the characters literally.)
            For:     Use:
    & &amp;
    < &lt;
    > &gt;
    [ &#91;
    ] &#93;
  • Link using PerlMonks shortcuts! What shortcuts can I use for linking?
  • See Writeup Formatting Tips and other pages linked from there for more info.