---
name: "CGI::Simple::Util"
section: "3pm"
platform: "linux"
package: "libcgi-simple-perl"
version: "1.282-1~deb13u1"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/CGI::Simple::Util"
---

# CGI::Simple::Util(3pm)

Internal utilities used by CGI::Simple module

## NAME

CGI::Simple::Util - Internal utilities used by CGI::Simple module

## SYNOPSIS

```
    $escaped     = escapeHTML('In HTML you need to escape < > " and & chars');
    $unescaped   = unescapeHTML('&lt;&gt;&quot;&amp;');
    $url_encoded = escape($string);
    $decoded     = unescape($url_encoded);
```

## DESCRIPTION

CGI::Simple::Util contains essentially non public subroutines used by CGI::Simple. There are HTML and URL escape and unescape routines that may be of some use.

An internal object is used to store a number of system specific details to enable the escape routines to be accurate.

## AUTHOR INFORMATION

Original version copyright 1995-1998, Lincoln D. Stein.  All rights reserved. Originally copyright 2001 Dr James Freeman \<jfreeman@tassie.net.au\> This release by Andy Armstrong \<andy@hexten.net\>

This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.

Address bug reports and comments to: andy@hexten.net

## SEE ALSO

CGI::Simple