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macha
macha

Reputation: 7487

URL encoding in PHP

I am trying to see if URL encoding of GET parameters while submitting a form is possible. I have seen a few resources where URL encoding is being is used where the URLs are built dynamically

Example: www.google.com?query=urlencode($query)

But how do I apply the function urlencode() if I am using a form and a submit button?

<html>
    <body>
        <form action="send.php" method="get">
            <input type="input" name="method" value="" />
            <input type="submit" name="submit" value="submit"/>
        </form>
    </body>
</html>

Upvotes: 0

Views: 4784

Answers (2)

PLuS
PLuS

Reputation: 642

This is done by the browser if you ask it to do it. Consider using enctype="application/x-www-form-urlencoded":

<html>
    <body>
        <form action="send.php" method="get" enctype="application/x-www-form-urlencoded">
            <input type="input" name="method" value="" />
            <input type="submit" name="submit" value="submit"/>
        </form>
    </body>
</html>

Note that it is done by default in most modern browsers if you don't even specify enctype.

Upvotes: 2

Jay K
Jay K

Reputation: 2120

The browser will urlencode them for you. Go to google and search for "&", and you'll see "q=%26" in the URL.

Upvotes: 3

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