Since Base64 data is often rather long anyway, a possible solution is to not use URL parameters for them, but instead POST parameters.

I get the data via a http redirect and the BASE64 data is just a signature for the other parameter values, therefore it's not that large at all.

You can still customize it for just one app, either by inheritance (for OO code), or by wrapping (for procedural code). AUTOLOAD can help you with automtic wrapping.

I think I will subclass CGI directly and store the needed logic in my own class, because the problem doesn't only occur in the templates, but also if one wants to read the parameter value directly in a program. It's just parse_params which needs to get changed.

In reply to Re^2: CGI-class changes + to space for BASE64-data by Pickwick
in thread CGI-class changes + to space for BASE64-data by Pickwick

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