IDNA::Punycode(3)

NAME
IDNA::Punycode - encodes Unicode string in Punycode

SYNOPSIS
  use IDNA::Punycode;
  $punycode = encode_punycode($unicode);
  $unicode  = decode_punycode($punycode);

DESCRIPTION
IDNA::Punycode is a module to encode / decode Unicode strings into Punycode, an efficient encoding of Unicode for use with IDNA.

This module requires Perl 5.6.0 or over to handle UTF8 flagged Unicode strings.

FUNCTIONS
This module exports following functions by default.

encode_punycode
      $punycode = encode_punycode($unicode);

    takes Unicode string (UTF8-flagged variable) and returns Punycode encoding for it.

decode_punycode
      $unicode = decode_punycode($punycode)

    takes Punycode encoding and returns original Unicode string.

These functions throws exceptionsn on failure. You can catch 'em via "eval".

AUTHOR
Tatsuhiko Miyagawa <miyagawa@bulknews.net>

This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.

SEE ALSO
http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-ietf-idn-punycode-01.txt

Encode::Punycode