DESCRIPTION
HTML::FormatData contains utility functions to format strings and dates. These utilities are useful for formatting data to be displayed on webpages, or for cleaning and date data during server-side validation before storage in a database or file.
While doing web development work in the past, I noticed that I was having to do the same operations time and again: strip HTML from form submissions, truncate strings for display as table data, URI-encode strings for use in links, translate Unix timestamps into mm/dd/yyyy format, etc. Rather than try to keep straight the different modules and functions used, I decided to write a wrapper with a single, consistent interface.
INSTALLATION
To install this module type the following:
perl Makefile.PL
make
make test
make install
COPYRIGHT AND LICENCE
Copyright (C) 2004-2005 Eric Folley
This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.