I am trying to get IE7 and FireFox 2 to output the same result when encoding the PATH_INFO environment variable. The URL will look something like: 
http://domainname.com/homes/Test boende & Stöd- och rådgivningscenter

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I am encoding the above string with the below code: 
use Unicode::String qw(utf8 latin1);
use URI::Escape;

print "Content-type: text/html\n\n";

my @values = split('/', $ENV{PATH_INFO});

my $utf8 = Unicode::String->new( $values[1] );
print "utf8:".$utf8."<br />";

my $latin1 = Unicode::String::latin1($utf8);
print "latin1:".$latin1."<br />";

# Works in IE
my $unescapeIE = uri_unescape($latin1);
print "unescapeIE:".$unescapeIE."<br />";

# works in FireFOx
my $unescapeFF = uri_unescape($values[1]);
print "unescapeFF:".$unescapeFF."<br />";

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in IE7 I receive the following output: 
utf8:/Test boende & Stöd- och rådgivningscenter
latin1:/Test boende & Stöd- och rådgivningscenter
unescapeIE:/Test boende & Stöd- och rådgivningscenter
unescapeFF:/Test boende & Stöd- och rådgivningscenter

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The third line is what I want
in FF2 I receive the following output: 
utf8:/Test boende & Std- och rdgivningscenter
latin1:/Test boende & Std- och rdgivningscenter
unescapeIE:/Test boende & Std- och rdgivningscenter
unescapeFF:/Test boende & Stöd- och rådgivningscenter

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The fourth line is what I want
If I put the string directly in a variable: 
my $value = "Test boende & Stöd- och rådgivningscenter";

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I receive the same output in both browsers 
utf8:Test boende & Std- och rdgivningscenter
latin1:Test boende & Std- och rdgivningscenter
unescapeIE:Test boende & Std- och rdgivningscenter
unescapeFF:Test boende & Stöd- och rådgivningscenter

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The fourth line will be correct in both IE7 and FF2, but I need to encode the string from the URL.
Could anyone point me in the right direction, because I am clearly doing something wrong.

In reply to uri_unescape differences in IE7 and FF2? by boboson

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