#!/usr/bin/perl use strict; use lib './'; use Links qw/$IN $DB $CFG $USER/; use CGI::Carp qw(fatalsToBrowser); use JSON; use Unicode::String qw(latin1 utf8); use LWP::UserAgent; print "Content-Type: text/html \n\n"; my $key = 'xxxx'; my $string = Do_Translate("en","fr",'are you'); $DB->table('Links')->update( { Title => "êtes-vous" } , { ID => 32902 } ) || die $GT::SQL::error; # works $DB->table('Links')->update( { Title => $string } , { ID => 32902 } ) || die $GT::SQL::error; # doesnt work sub Do_Translate { my ($from,$to,$string) = @_; my $url = "https://www.googleapis.com/language/translate/v2?key=$key&q=$string&source=$from&target=$to"; my $ua = LWP::UserAgent->new(); my $body = $ua->get($url); my $json = from_json($body->decoded_content); use Data::Dumper; print Dumper($json); print "GOT: $json->{data}->{translations}[0]->{translatedText} \n"; return utf8($json->{data}->{translations}[0]->{translatedText})->latin1; }