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NAME
MIME::Base64::Perl - Encoding and decoding of base64 strings
SYNOPSIS
use MIME::Base64::Perl; $encoded = encode_base64('Aladdin:open sesame'); $decoded = decode_base64($encoded);
DESCRIPTION
This module provide the same interface as
MIME::Base64
, but these functions are implemented in pure perl.This module provides functions to encode and decode strings into and from the base64 encoding specified in RFC 2045 - MIME (Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions). The base64 encoding is designed to represent arbitrary sequences of octets in a form that need not be humanly readable. A 65-character subset ([A-Za-z0-9+/=]) of US-ASCII is used, enabling 6 bits to be represented per printable character.
The following functions are provided:
- encode_base64($str)
- encode_base64($str, $eol);
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Encode data by calling the encode_base64() function. The first argument is the string to encode. The second argument is the line-ending sequence to use. It is optional and defaults to "\n". The returned encoded string is broken into lines of no more than 76 characters each and it will end with $eol unless it is empty. Pass an empty string as second argument if you do not want the encoded string to be broken into lines.
- decode_base64($str)
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Decode a base64 string by calling the decode_base64() function. This function takes a single argument which is the string to decode and returns the decoded data.
Any character not part of the 65-character base64 subset is silently ignored. Characters occurring after a '=' padding character are never decoded.
COPYRIGHT
Copyright 1995-1999, 2001-2004 Gisle Aas.
This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.
Distantly based on LWP::Base64 written by Martijn Koster <m.koster@nexor.co.uk> and Joerg Reichelt <j.reichelt@nexor.co.uk> and code posted to comp.lang.perl <3pd2lp$6gf@wsinti07.win.tue.nl> by Hans Mulder <hansm@wsinti07.win.tue.nl>
SEE ALSO
Module Install Instructions
To install MIME::Base64::Perl, copy and paste the appropriate command in to your terminal.
cpanm MIME::Base64::Perl
perl -MCPAN -e shell install MIME::Base64::Perl
For more information on module installation, please visit the detailed CPAN module installation guide.