urlencode a file with newlines ...

So I can't seem to urlencode a file with newlines ... it just gives me
a series of T_STRING unexpected parse errors...

cat job_description | while read file ; do php -r "echo
urlencode('$file');" ; done > job_description_encoded &&
URL_ENCODED_DESCRIPTION=`cat job_description_encoded`

.... this takes in a job_description file and outputs a file with alot
of errors in the text ... ?

dbee wrote:
> So I can't seem to urlencode a file with newlines ... it just gives me
> a series of T_STRING unexpected parse errors...
>
> cat job_description | while read file ; do php -r "echo
> urlencode('$file');" ; done > job_description_encoded &&
> URL_ENCODED_DESCRIPTION=`cat job_description_encoded`
>
> ... this takes in a job_description file and outputs a file with alot
> of errors in the text ... ?

oops ... it seems that I misunderstood the problem. The T_STRING error
is caused by an apostraphe in the text. I looked on php.net and it
seems to suggest that I should use rawurlencode(), but that doesn't
make any difference - I still get the error.

Also, I lose all my newlines ... I'm playing around with the cat
job_description function...

Now I have ...

URL_ENCODED_DESCRIPTION=`php -r "echo
rawurlencode('$URL_ENCODED_DESCRIPTION');"`

echo "$URL_ENCODED_DESCRIPTION"

which preserves linefeeds and spaces but loses carriage returns... I
think I can do without apostraphes if I have to ...


dbee wrote:
> dbee wrote:
> > So I can't seem to urlencode a file with newlines ... it just gives me
> > a series of T_STRING unexpected parse errors...
> >
> > cat job_description | while read file ; do php -r "echo
> > urlencode('$file');" ; done > job_description_encoded &&
> > URL_ENCODED_DESCRIPTION=`cat job_description_encoded`
> >
> > ... this takes in a job_description file and outputs a file with alot
> > of errors in the text ... ?
>
> oops ... it seems that I misunderstood the problem. The T_STRING error
> is caused by an apostraphe in the text. I looked on php.net and it
> seems to suggest that I should use rawurlencode(), but that doesn't
> make any difference - I still get the error.
>
> Also, I lose all my newlines ... I'm playing around with the cat
> job_description function...

dbee wrote:
> So I can't seem to urlencode a file with newlines ... it just gives me
> a series of T_STRING unexpected parse errors...
>
> cat job_description | while read file ; do php -r "echo
> urlencode('$file');" ; done > job_description_encoded &&
> URL_ENCODED_DESCRIPTION=`cat job_description_encoded`
>
> ... this takes in a job_description file and outputs a file with alot
> of errors in the text ... ?

So now I have this

URL_ENCODED_DESCRIPTION="`cat job_description`"

URL_ENCODED_DESCRIPTION=`php -r "echo
rawurlencode('$URL_ENCODED_DESCRIPTION');"`

echo "$URL_ENCODED_DESCRIPTION"

.... which gives me a url_encoded output with spaces and linefeeds, but
drops all newlines ... arrrrrrg ?

dbee wrote:
> dbee wrote:
>> So I can't seem to urlencode a file with newlines ... it just gives me
>> a series of T_STRING unexpected parse errors...
>>
>> cat job_description | while read file ; do php -r "echo
>> urlencode('$file');" ; done > job_description_encoded &&
>> URL_ENCODED_DESCRIPTION=`cat job_description_encoded`
>>
>> ... this takes in a job_description file and outputs a file with alot
>> of errors in the text ... ?
>
> So now I have this
>
> URL_ENCODED_DESCRIPTION="`cat job_description`"
>
> URL_ENCODED_DESCRIPTION=`php -r "echo
> rawurlencode('$URL_ENCODED_DESCRIPTION');"`
>
> echo "$URL_ENCODED_DESCRIPTION"
>
> ... which gives me a url_encoded output with spaces and linefeeds, but
> drops all newlines ... arrrrrrg ?
>
I do not think that newlines are supported. urlencode and rawurlencode
generate strings for being passed in URLs. Perhaps you should just do
your own escaping?

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dbee wrote:

> cat job_description | while read file ; do php -r "echo
> urlencode('$file');" ; done > job_description_encoded &&
> URL_ENCODED_DESCRIPTION=`cat job_description_encoded`

PHP syntax is C-like, not Bash-like...

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> dbee wrote:
>
> > cat job_description | while read file ; do php -r "echo
> > urlencode('$file');" ; done > job_description_encoded &&
> > URL_ENCODED_DESCRIPTION=`cat job_description_encoded`
>
> PHP syntax is C-like, not Bash-like...
>
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I've tried escaping the commas in the text, but it still doesn't work
....