encode UTF8 -> MIME

cc96ai

I got UTF8 value %C3%A9
how could I encode it become é ?

I try encode_base64 , but no luck
maybe I miss some, anyone have idea ?

Adam Stoller

I got UTF8 value %C3%A9 how could I encode it become é ? I try encode_base64 , but no luck maybe I miss some, anyone have idea ?

That's URL encoded - not UTF8 encoded

You could try this one-liner:

iwperl -MTeamSite::CGI_lite -le 'print TeamSite::CGI_lite::unescape_form_data("%C3%A9");'

(note: on Windows, I believe you will need to swap the single- and double-quotes around) - or you can write it in as a little script:

#!/iw-home/iw-perl/bin/iwperl
use strict;
use warnings;
use TeamSite::CGI_lite;

my $ans = q();
do {
    print TeamSite::CGI_lite::unescape_form_data($ans) if ($ans ne q());
    print "\n=>> ";
} while (chomp($ans = <STDIN>) && $ans ne "quit");

and then you can run it and feed it the various characters you're interested in and see what they look like when they are "unescaped".