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kumaran jayam
kumaran jayam

Reputation: 33

url encoding is not working when sending an URL to WhatsApp

I want to share an URL via WhatsApp. Sending a normal text is working fine, but sending an URL is not working. How can I create a working WhatsApp link with an URL? I tried to do it like this, but it does not work:

<?php
$value = 2;
$productId = base64_encode($value);
?>
<a href="https://api.whatsapp.com/send?text=www.domain.com/products.php?productId=. <?php urlencode($productId) ?>">Share To WhatsApp</a>

Upvotes: 0

Views: 7034

Answers (2)

Vikas Jangra
Vikas Jangra

Reputation: 195

Just Use The rawurlencode() instead of urlencode() Example

<?php
$value = 2;
$text = rawurlencode("www.domain.com/products.php?productId=".$value);
?>
<a href="https://api.whatsapp.com/send?text=<?php echo $text; ?>"><i class="fa fa-whatsapp"></i></a>

Upvotes: 2

Armin Šupuk
Armin Šupuk

Reputation: 817

You must encode the whole value of the text query parameter, not only the number (which doesn't do anything). Do it like that:

<?php
$value = 2;
$text = urlencode("www.domain.com/products.php?productId=".$value);
?>
<a href="https://api.whatsapp.com/send?text=<?php echo $text; ?>">Share To WhatsApp</a>

Upvotes: 2

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