class CGI

Borrowed this from motion-support 0.2.6, as it's all we need. Don't want the dependency

Public Class Methods

escape(string) click to toggle source

URL-encode a string.

url_encoded_string = CGI::escape("'Stop!' said Fred")
   # => "%27Stop%21%27+said+Fred"

# File lib/mdurl-rb/cgi.rb, line 10
def CGI::escape(string)
  string.gsub(/([^ a-zA-Z0-9_.-]+)/) do
    '%' + $1.unpack('H2' * $1.bytesize).join('%').upcase
  end.tr(' ', '+')
end

unescape(string,encoding=@@accept_charset) click to toggle source

URL-decode a string with encoding(optional).

string = CGI::unescape("%27Stop%21%27+said+Fred")
   # => "'Stop!' said Fred"

# File lib/mdurl-rb/cgi.rb, line 19
def CGI::unescape(string,encoding=@@accept_charset)
  str=string.tr('+', ' ').force_encoding(Encoding::ASCII_8BIT).gsub(/((?:%[0-9a-fA-F]{2})+)/) do
    [$1.delete('%')].pack('H*')
  end.force_encoding(encoding)
  str.valid_encoding? ? str : str.force_encoding(string.encoding)
end