TIP: url encoding a url in perl

[chovy]

Here's a simple way to url encode a url in perl using the URI::URL module available from cpan.org.

Create a new $url object, passing it the unencoded url.
Then retrieve the encoded url with the $url->as_string(); method.

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use URI::URL;
my $unencoded_url = 'http://www.this.com/script?a=1 this that&b=2';
my $url = URI::URL->new($unencoded_url);

print "encoded: " . $url->as_string . "\n";