Odd behaviour when POSTing forms
[1/3] from: stefan:falk:mytravel:se at: 13-Dec-2001 15:33
Hi list,
been a while since I wrote here, so I thought it was about time.
When sending a form with the POST method containing a > (a '>' sign but
anti-HTML-ized :) Rebol (or the webserver seem to convert it to a true '>'
sign. No matter what. Here's the code used to get the posted data:
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get-posted-data: func [{Gets data transferred via the POST method}]
[
content-length: 20 + load system/options/cgi/content-length ; content length
with a little to spare
read-io system/ports/input data: make string! content-length content-length
data: make object! decode-cgi data
]
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Is it the decode-cgi that's converting the character perhaps? Anyways,
'Piece of cake!' I hear you lot scream, just add a replace/all ">" ">" in
the script that get the post data. But there's a problem, it shouldn't
convert the '>' signs in for example <br> ... Why can't I just get to keep
my > dammit?! ;-)
Thanks in advance
/Regards Stefan Falk
www.amigaextreme.com
[2/3] from: tim:johnsons-web at: 13-Dec-2001 18:53
On Thu, Dec 13, 2001 at 03:33:23PM +0100, [stefan--falk--mytravel--se] wrote:
> Hi list,
> been a while since I wrote here, so I thought it was about time.
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> Is it the decode-cgi that's converting the character perhaps? Anyways,
Hello Stefan:
Yes. I would suspect that you are better off hand-rolling your
own cgi decoding. I also believe that your data object will be
mangled by decode-cgi if you have data or field names will
embedded spaces.
I could send you mine if you wish. Just give me
a holler if that's what you want. My cgi library anticipates a few
other gotchas too....
HTH
Tim
[3/3] from: stefan:falk:mytravel:se at: 14-Dec-2001 9:10
Hi,
I'd really appreciate your decode-cgi-thingie, sounds great!
/Mvh Stefan Falk
MyTravel IT Support
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