NAME

uri_escape - Escape unsafe characters

uri_unescape - Unescape escaped characters

SYNOPSIS

use URI::Escape;
$safe = uri_escape("10% is enough\n");
$str  = uri_unescape($safe);

DESCRIPTION

This module provide functions to escape and unescape URIs strings. Some characters are regarded as "unsafe" and must be escaped in accordance with RFC 1738. Escaped characters are represented by a triplet consisting of the character "%" followed by two hexadecimal digits.

The uri_escape() function takes an optional second argument that overrides the set of characters that are to be escaped.

SEE ALSO

URI::URL