(Perl) URL Decode

Demonstrates how to URL decode a string.

Chilkat Perl Downloads Perl Module for Windows, MacOS, Linux, Alpine Linux

use chilkat();


# Note: We'll want to tell Chilkat that we're passing in utf-8 strings, and we wish to receive utf-8 "const char *" strings.
# See Global utf-8
$glob = chilkat::CkGlobal->new();
$glob->put_DefaultUtf8(1);

$sb = chilkat::CkStringBuilder->new();

# Here we wish to URL decode the following string:
$success = $sb->Append("%D7%9E%D7%95%D7%A6%D7%A81.jpg");

# Notice the above string contains Hebrew chars using the utf-8 byte representation.
# See https://www.loc.gov/marc/specifications/codetables/BasicHebrew.html
# For example:  D79E is the HEBREW LETTER MEM

# Therefore, when we decode to binary bytes, we must interpret the bytes as utf-8
# to get characters.

# Tell Chilkat to URL decode like this:
$success = $sb->Decode("url","utf-8");

# sb now contains the decoded string.
print $sb->getAsString() . "\r\n";