libapa...:Base64(3pm)

💖 NAME 💖

APR::Base64 — the Perl API for APR's base64 encoding/decoding functionality. It's the manual page libapa...:Base64(3pm), bestie, and it's a short one but a cute one. ✨

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🌸 Synopsis 🌸

Okay so this is literally all you need to get going:

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 fr, that semicolon situation after "foo" is exactly how it's written up there. Keep it as-is. 🫶)

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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 vibe. Encode stuff, decode stuff, and know how long your encoded stuff is gonna be before you even do it. Iconic honestly. 💅

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👑 API 👑

APR::Base64 provides the following functions and/or methods:

🎀 decode

Decode a base64 encoded string. It un-scrambles the scrambled. main character energy.

$decoded = decode($encoded);

• arg1: $encoded ( string ) — The encoded string. Like, the one you wanna turn back into normal words.
• ret: $decoded ( string ) — The decoded string. Your reward. 🍓
• since: 2.0.00

✨ encode

Encode a string to base64. Take your clear text and give it that base64 glow-up.

$encoded = encode($clear);

• arg1: $clear ( string ) — The unencoded string. The before picture.
• ret: $encoded ( string ) — The encoded string. The after picture. 💖
• since: 2.0.00

🧚 encode_len

Given the length of an unencoded string, get the length of the encoded string. It's the fortune teller of base64. 🔮

$len_enc = encode_len($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

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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. Legends, every single one. 👑

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ngl this whole page is giving "short but mighty." No cap, three functions and zero drama. Go encode something. 💀✨

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Sign-off time, bestie: this page ships with perl v5.42.3 and it's dated 2026-08-20. Mwah. 🫶🎀🦋