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💖 NAME 💖

APR::Base64 — the Perl API that gives you APR's base64 encoding/decoding glow-up ✨ like it's literally the bridge between your cute little strings and APR's whole base64 situation.

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🌸 Synopsis 🌸

okay bestie, here's the vibe:

use APR::Base64 ();

my $clear   = "foo"
my $encoded = APR::Base64::encode($clear);
my $decoded = APR::Base64::decode($encoded);
my $len_enc = APR::Base64::encode_len(length $clear);

(no i did not add semicolons, that's exactly how it is in the original, leave it 💅)

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🦋 Description 🦋

APR::Base64 gives you access to APR's base64 encoding and decoding API. that's it. that's the whole pitch. it's giving "small module, big slay" 🎀

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✨ API ✨

APR::Base64 provides the following functions and/or methods — all three of them, and yes we're covering every single one, no skipping 🙈

💜 decode

Decode a base64 encoded string. turn that scrambled text back into readable vibes 🔓

$decoded = decode($encoded);

• arg1: $encoded ( string ) — the encoded string. the cryptic one. the "what does this even say" one.
• ret: $decoded ( string ) — the decoded string. the reveal. the main character moment 👑
• since: 2.0.00

🍓 encode

Encode a string to base64. wrap your precious clear text up in a little disguise 🎁

$encoded = encode($clear);

• arg1: $clear ( string ) — the unencoded string. plain, honest, unbothered.
• ret: $encoded ( string ) — the encoded string. now it's all base64-ified ✨
• since: 2.0.00

🌈 encode_len

Given the length of an unencoded string, get the length of the encoded string. yes it's just a length calculator but it's the length calculator and we respect her 💅

$len_enc = encode_len($len_clear);

• arg1: $len_clear ( integer ) — the length of an unencoded string
• ret: $len_enc ( integer ) — the length of the string after it is encoded
• since: 2.0.00

fr fr note: all three of these are since: 2.0.00, so if you're on something older, bestie... no. 😭

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🧚 See Also 🧚

mod_perl 2.0 documentation. go read it, iykyk 🫶

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⭐ Copyright ⭐

mod_perl 2.0 and its core modules are copyrighted under The Apache Software License, Version 2.0.

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💀 Authors 💀

The mod_perl development team and numerous contributors. (the whole squad, can't forget them 💖)

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