Re: A [Loop][APPEND][URL] ... [/URL][/APPEND]/Loop] Question

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2000

It keeps the original formatting. numero = 31926
interpreted = N
texte = Hi Mike,Thanks for the clarification and the tip on the cookies. I happen to have a use for it right now.BrianDigital Gear>Hey, while we're at it, here's a little trick I've been using lately that>involves interpretation of ampersands, but in a different way. Have you>ever wanted to store multiple variables in a cookie and retrieve them later?>Let's go a step further and encrypt the data in the cookie, making it more>secure. Since ampersands are illegal characters in cookies, we'll [url]-ize>the encrypted string to eliminate the ampersand problem. Here's what you>do.>[setcookie name=blah&value=[url][url][encrypt>seed=blah]XX=[url][XX][/url]&YY=[url][YY][/url]&ZZ=[url][ZZ][/url][/encrypt]>[/url][/url]]>Notice the doubling of the [url] context to eliminate the ampersands>completely. Then, to retrieve your data from the cookie, a simple multiple>text variable context is used.>[text multi=t][decrypt seed=blah][getcookie blah][/decrypt][/text]>The ampersands are interpreted properly in the multi text context and the>values for [XX], [YY], and [ZZ] are returned. Works like a champ and it's>fun at parties too.>>Enjoy,>Mike>-------------------------------------------------------------This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list .To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Web Archive of this list is at: http://search.smithmicro.com/ Associated Messages, from the most recent to the oldest:

Re: A [Loop][APPEND][URL] ... [/URL][/APPEND]/Loop] Question (Brian Wallace 2000) Re: A [Loop][APPEND][URL] ... [/URL][/APPEND]/Loop] Question (Mike Davis 2000) A [Loop][APPEND][URL] ... [/URL][/APPEND]/Loop] Question (Brian Wallace 2000)

Hi Mike,Thanks for the clarification and the tip on the cookies. I happen to have a use for it right now.BrianDigital Gear>Hey, while we're at it, here's a little trick I've been using lately that>involves interpretation of ampersands, but in a different way. Have you>ever wanted to store multiple variables in a cookie and retrieve them later?>Let's go a step further and encrypt the data in the cookie, making it more>secure. Since ampersands are illegal characters in cookies, we'll [url]-ize>the encrypted string to eliminate the ampersand problem. Here's what you>do.>[setcookie name=blah&value=[url][url][encrypt>seed=blah]XX=[url][XX][/url]&YY=[url][YY][/url]&ZZ=[url][ZZ][/url][/encrypt]>[/url][/url]]>Notice the doubling of the [url] context to eliminate the ampersands>completely. Then, to retrieve your data from the cookie, a simple multiple>text variable context is used.>[text multi=t][decrypt seed=blah][getcookie blah][/decrypt][/text]>The ampersands are interpreted properly in the multi text context and the>values for [XX], [YY], and [ZZ] are returned. Works like a champ and it's>fun at parties too.>>Enjoy,>Mike>-------------------------------------------------------------This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list .To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Web Archive of this list is at: http://search.smithmicro.com/ Brian Wallace

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