RE: [PHP] Decoding a URL without decoding values

2004-03-22 Thread Ford, Mike [LSS] 
On 21 March 2004 16:03, Ben Ramsey wrote:

> I've got a querystring that looks like this:
> ?url=http%3A%2F%2Ftest.alpharetta.ga.us%2Findex.php%3Fm%3Dlink
> s%26category%3DRecreation%2B%2526%2BParks%26go.x%3D22%26go.y%3D7
> 
> As you can gather, I'm trying to pass a URL to another script
> for some
> processing.  Before I urlencode() the URL and pass it to the query
> string, it looks like this: 
> 
> http://test.alpharetta.ga.us/index.php?m=links&category=Recrea
> tion+%26+Parks&go.x=22&go.y=7 
> 
> As you can see, there are already encoded entities in the
> URL, which are
> further encoded when passed through urlencode().  The problem
> I'm having
>   is that when I urldecode() the string from $_GET["url"], I get the
> following string: 

Don't.  GET values are automatically urldecoded once by the Web server
before they ever reach your script.

Cheers!

Mike

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Re: [PHP] Decoding a URL without decoding values

2004-03-21 Thread Ben Ramsey 
JW> You can base64_encode() it.

Hadn't thought of that.  Works perfect!  Thanks!

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Re: [PHP] Decoding a URL without decoding values

2004-03-21 Thread Jason Wong 
On Monday 22 March 2004 00:03, Ben Ramsey wrote:

[snip]

> Is there a way to urldecode() $_GET["url"] and still retain its original
> encoded entities so that I can use it again as a valid URL?

You can base64_encode() it.

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