URI::Split(3)						User Contributed Perl Documentation					     URI::Split(3)

NAME

       URI::Split - Parse and compose URI strings

SYNOPSIS

	use URI::Split qw(uri_split uri_join);
	($scheme, $auth, $path, $query, $frag) = uri_split($uri);
	$uri = uri_join($scheme, $auth, $path, $query, $frag);

DESCRIPTION

       Provides functions to parse and compose URI strings.  The following functions are provided:

       ($scheme, $auth, $path, $query, $frag) = uri_split($uri)
	   Breaks up a URI string into its component parts.  An "undef" value is returned for those parts that are not present.  The $path part is
	   always present (but can be the empty string) and is thus never returned as "undef".

	   No sensible value is returned if this function is called in a scalar context.

       $uri = uri_join($scheme, $auth, $path, $query, $frag)
	   Puts together a URI string from its parts.  Missing parts are signaled by passing "undef" for the corresponding argument.

	   Minimal escaping is applied to parts that contain reserved chars that would confuse a parser.  For instance, any occurrence of '?' or
	   '#' in $path is always escaped, as it would otherwise be parsed back as a query or fragment.

SEE ALSO

       URI, URI::Escape

COPYRIGHT

       Copyright 2003, Gisle Aas

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

perl v5.12.1							    2008-04-04							     URI::Split(3)