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PHP in a Nutshell
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PHP in a Nutshell

by Paul Hudson
October 2005
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
372 pages
11h 35m
English
O'Reilly Media, Inc.
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Name

rawurlencode()

Synopsis

    string rawurlencode ( string str )

The rawurlencode() function converts non-alphabetic symbols into numerical equivalents preceded by a percent sign, such as %28 for "(", %29 for ")", and %27 for double quotes. This is most commonly used for passing data over URLs.

    $name = 'Paul "Hudzilla" Hudson';
    $safe_name = rawurlencode($name);
    // it's now Paul%20%22Hudzilla%22%20Hudson

This method of encoding is often referred to as %-escaping. You can reverse this conversion using the rawurldecode() function.

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