Hi there,
this might be a tricky one... here is my problem... I have a php script for my jabber online status indicator... hardwired it looks like this... calls to the script with args....

http://mydomain.com/chatmonk3y/online_indicator/webber.php?jid=monkeyboy@mydomain.com

I have been able to pull it into my perl script and make it work as long as it is hardwired!!

my $online_indicator = "http://mydomain.com/chatmonk3y/online_indicator/webber.php?jid=monkeyboy\@mydomain.com";

etc... etc... then print to the page...
$content=~ s/<!-ONLINE_INDICATOR-->/$online_indicator/;

now, just as soon as i replace "monkeyboy" with my $scalar($seller)...it no longer works!

my $online_indicator = "http://mydomain.com/chatmonk3y/online_indicator/webber.php?jid=$seller\@mydomain.com";

It's almost like perl is writing in the scalar after the fact! Is there a way to force perl to fill in the $scalar before it does the request? It's wierd because on my output page it shows a broken image, but if I right click and view the properties, the "path" to the image is correct! When I say "path" I mean the $scalar has been filled in...I can actually copy and paste that path into the browser and then hit my target just fine...

I have tried using LWP::SIMPLE with get("myurl") but as soon as there are any html tags in the script (output)... it displays my image as a bunch of garlbled text!!

In reply to pulling php into perl by th3monk3y

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