Re: CGI::Vars weirdness

+ is a valid encoding for space in the CGI/HTML form specs. IOW what you see is expected, and/or your input isn't supplied according to the specs.

update: see this:

#!/usr/bin/perl -w
use strict;
use CGI;
print CGI->header();
print q(<form><input type="text" name="stuff"><input type="submit"></f
+orm>);
my %vars = CGI->new->Vars();
print "$_ => '$vars{$_}'<br>" for sort keys %vars;
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entering a + there in any conforming browser should give a + as the result.

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Re^2: CGI::Vars weirdness by Anonymous Monk on Apr 04, 2008 at 08:00 UTC
`That is exatly what I want to see. When I enter a '+', I want to see t +he '+' in the CGI::Vars:( Alas! I did however forget to mention something important. I am using an Aja +x callback to submit the form. Could that be causing the problem?? <input type="button" name="mysubmit" value="Submit" onClick="myFunc([' +mytool', 'foo', 'bar'], ['result'], 'POST'); "/> Thanks again!` [download]	[reply] [d/l]
Re^3: CGI::Vars weirdness by Corion (Patriarch) on Apr 04, 2008 at 08:27 UTC
Most likely, you will either need to properly encode your entities for the request (`escape()` function) or use a Ajax framework that properly encoded the entities for the request. As an aside, please put your "human" text into `<p>...</p>` tags and only your code into `<code>...</code>` tags. That way, it is far better readable for everybody.	[reply] [d/l] [select]