URI::_punycode(3) User Contributed Perl Documentation URI::_punycode(3)
NAME
URI::_punycode - encodes Unicode string in Punycode
SYNOPSIS
use URI::_punycode;
$punycode = encode_punycode($unicode);
$unicode = decode_punycode($punycode);
DESCRIPTION
URI::_punycode is a module to encode / decode Unicode strings into
Punycode, an efficient encoding of Unicode for use with IDNA.
This module requires Perl 5.6.0 or over to handle UTF8 flagged Unicode
strings.
FUNCTIONS
This module exports following functions by default.
encode_punycode
$punycode = encode_punycode($unicode);
takes Unicode string (UTF8-flagged variable) and returns Punycode
encoding for it.
decode_punycode
$unicode = decode_punycode($punycode)
takes Punycode encoding and returns original Unicode string.
These functions throw exceptions on failure. You can catch 'em via
"eval".
AUTHOR
Tatsuhiko Miyagawa <miyagawa AT bulknews.net> is the author of
IDNA::Punycode v0.02 which was the basis for this module.
This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
under the same terms as Perl itself.
SEE ALSO
IDNA::Punycode, RFC 3492
perl v5.16.3 2012-02-11 URI::_punycode(3)