| Subject: | Use uri_escape_utf8() vs. uri_escape() in order to handle Unicode? |
| Date: | Wed, 16 Apr 2014 08:43:07 -0400 |
| To: | bug-WWW-Mailchimp [...] rt.cpan.org |
| From: | Gregg Casillo <gregg.casillo [...] gmail.com> |
Thanks for contributing the WWW::Mailchimp module to the Perl community.
I'm using it for my employer, and we deal with a lot of international news
and currencies. As such, we're dependent on Unicode for things like euro
signs (U+20AC) and more. However, on line 176 of the WWW::Mailchimp module,
you use uri_escape(). When I run my script that employs WWW::Mailchimp, it
reports an error whenever I pass it a string with a Unicode character:
"Can't escape \x{20AC}, try uri_escape_utf8() instead at <path to my
Strawberry Perl installation>"
I took a chance on revising line 176 to use uri_escape_utf8() instead, and
it appears to be working for me. I'm not sure this is a viable solution for
others. I am using Strawberry Perl 5.10.0 on a Windows 2000 Server (yes,
you read that right), but we're in the midst of an upgrade to later
versions on newer hardware.
Again, thanks for developing this module, and I hope this report is of use
to you and users of this module.
Thanks,
Gregg Casillo