module CGI::Util

def escape(string)

# => "%27Stop%21%27+said+Fred"
url_encoded_string = CGI.escape("'Stop!' said Fred")
URL-encode a string.
def escape(string)
  encoding = string.encoding
  string.b.gsub(/([^ a-zA-Z0-9_.\-~]+)/) do |m|
    '%' + m.unpack('H2' * m.bytesize).join('%').upcase
  end.tr(' ', '+').force_encoding(encoding)
end

def escapeElement(string, *elements)

# "
<A HREF="url"></A>"
print CGI.escapeElement('
', ["A", "IMG"])

# "
<A HREF="url"></A>"
print CGI.escapeElement('
', "A", "IMG")

instance, the double-quotes surrounding attribute values).
The attribute list of the open tag will also be escaped (for
This matches both the start and the end tag of that element.
is specified by the name of the element, without angle brackets.
Takes an element or elements or array of elements. Each element

Escape only the tags of certain HTML elements in +string+.
def escapeElement(string, *elements)
  elements = elements[0] if elements[0].kind_of?(Array)
  unless elements.empty?
    string.gsub(/<\/?(?:#{elements.join("|")})(?!\w)(?:.|\n)*?>/i) do
      CGI.escapeHTML($&)
    end
  else
    string
  end
end

def escapeHTML(string)

# => "Usage: foo "bar" <baz>"
CGI.escapeHTML('Usage: foo "bar" ')
Escape special characters in HTML, namely '&\"<>
def escapeHTML(string)
  enc = string.encoding
  unless enc.ascii_compatible?
    if enc.dummy?
      origenc = enc
      enc = Encoding::Converter.asciicompat_encoding(enc)
      string = enc ? string.encode(enc) : string.b
    end
    table = Hash[TABLE_FOR_ESCAPE_HTML__.map {|pair|pair.map {|s|s.encode(enc)}}]
    string = string.gsub(/#{"['&\"<>]".encode(enc)}/, table)
    string.encode!(origenc) if origenc
    return string
  end
  string.gsub(/['&\"<>]/, TABLE_FOR_ESCAPE_HTML__)
end

def pretty(string, shift = " ")


#
#
#
#
print CGI.pretty("", "\t")

#
#
#
#
print CGI.pretty("")

unit to use; it defaults to two spaces.
+string+ is the HTML string to indent. +shift+ is the indentation

Prettify (indent) an HTML string.
def pretty(string, shift = "  ")
  lines = string.gsub(/(?!\A)<.*?>/m, "\n\\0").gsub(/<.*?>(?!\n)/m, "\\0\n")
  end_pos = 0
  while end_pos = lines.index(/^<\/(\w+)/, end_pos)
    element = $1.dup
    start_pos = lines.rindex(/^\s*<#{element}/i, end_pos)
    lines[start_pos ... end_pos] = "__" + lines[start_pos ... end_pos].gsub(/\n(?!\z)/, "\n" + shift) + "__"
  end
  lines.gsub(/^((?:#{Regexp::quote(shift)})*)__(?=<\/?\w)/, '\1')
end

def rfc1123_date(time)

# Sat, 01 Jan 2000 00:00:00 GMT
CGI.rfc1123_date(Time.now)

Format a +Time+ object as a String using the format specified by RFC 1123.
def rfc1123_date(time)
  t = time.clone.gmtime
  return format("%s, %.2d %s %.4d %.2d:%.2d:%.2d GMT",
                RFC822_DAYS[t.wday], t.day, RFC822_MONTHS[t.month-1], t.year,
                t.hour, t.min, t.sec)
end

def unescape(string,encoding=@@accept_charset)

# => "'Stop!' said Fred"
string = CGI.unescape("%27Stop%21%27+said+Fred")
URL-decode a string with encoding(optional).
def unescape(string,encoding=@@accept_charset)
  str=string.tr('+', ' ').b.gsub(/((?:%[0-9a-fA-F]{2})+)/) do |m|
    [m.delete('%')].pack('H*')
  end.force_encoding(encoding)
  str.valid_encoding? ? str : str.force_encoding(string.encoding)
end

def unescapeElement(string, *elements)

# "<BR>"
CGI.escapeHTML('
'), ["A", "IMG"])
print CGI.unescapeElement(

# "<BR>"
CGI.escapeHTML('
'), "A", "IMG")
print CGI.unescapeElement(

Undo escaping such as that done by CGI.escapeElement()
def unescapeElement(string, *elements)
  elements = elements[0] if elements[0].kind_of?(Array)
  unless elements.empty?
    string.gsub(/&lt;\/?(?:#{elements.join("|")})(?!\w)(?:.|\n)*?&gt;/i) do
      unescapeHTML($&)
    end
  else
    string
  end
end

def unescapeHTML(string)

# => "Usage: foo \"bar\" "
CGI.unescapeHTML("Usage: foo "bar" <baz>")
Unescape a string that has been HTML-escaped
def unescapeHTML(string)
  enc = string.encoding
  unless enc.ascii_compatible?
    if enc.dummy?
      origenc = enc
      enc = Encoding::Converter.asciicompat_encoding(enc)
      string = enc ? string.encode(enc) : string.b
    end
    string = string.gsub(Regexp.new('&(apos|amp|quot|gt|lt|#[0-9]+|#x[0-9A-Fa-f]+);'.encode(enc))) do
      case $1.encode(Encoding::US_ASCII)
      when 'apos'                then "'".encode(enc)
      when 'amp'                 then '&'.encode(enc)
      when 'quot'                then '"'.encode(enc)
      when 'gt'                  then '>'.encode(enc)
      when 'lt'                  then '<'.encode(enc)
      when /\A#0*(\d+)\z/        then $1.to_i.chr(enc)
      when /\A#x([0-9a-f]+)\z/i  then $1.hex.chr(enc)
      end
    end
    string.encode!(origenc) if origenc
    return string
  end
  return string unless string.include? '&'
  charlimit = case enc
              when Encoding::UTF_8; 0x10ffff
              when Encoding::ISO_8859_1; 256
              else 128
              end
  string.gsub(/&(apos|amp|quot|gt|lt|\#[0-9]+|\#[xX][0-9A-Fa-f]+);/) do
    match = $1.dup
    case match
    when 'apos'                then "'"
    when 'amp'                 then '&'
    when 'quot'                then '"'
    when 'gt'                  then '>'
    when 'lt'                  then '<'
    when /\A#0*(\d+)\z/
      n = $1.to_i
      if n < charlimit
        n.chr(enc)
      else
        "&##{$1};"
      end
    when /\A#x([0-9a-f]+)\z/i
      n = $1.hex
      if n < charlimit
        n.chr(enc)
      else
        "&#x#{$1};"
      end
    else
      "&#{match};"
    end
  end
end