RE: [PHP] plus sign has changed to space after POST

might be my php code has problem the following code fragment will keep "+" to "+" but "$" to "%24" <? echo urlencode($_POST['test']); ?> <form action='testp.php' method=POST> <input type=text value='' name=test> <?php $test=urldecode($test); ?> <input type=submit value='submit'> </form> "John W. Holmes" <holmes072000@charter.net> 11/19/2002 04:12 PM Please respond to holmes072000 To: <bhkwan@ThoughtWorks.com> cc: <php-general@lists.php.net> Subject: RE: [PHP] plus sign has changed to space after POST You have to encode it on one end, and decode it on the other. Use $url_safe = urlencode($string); and pass $url_safe in the URL. Then on the receiving end, use $back_to_normal = urldecode($url_safe_string); ---John Holmes... > -----Original Message----- > From: bhkwan@ThoughtWorks.com [mailto:bhkwan@ThoughtWorks.com] > Sent: Tuesday, November 19, 2002 7:06 PM > To: holmes072000@charter.net > Cc: bhkwan@ThoughtWorks.com; php-general@lists.php.net > Subject: RE: [PHP] plus sign has changed to space after POST > > I have tried this but the problem is it change the other special character > as well. For example, $ to %24, etc. > > If people pass a string like "abc+def$ghi", I want to save the exact > string to the database rather than "abc+def%24ghi". I can't do a > translation of %24 to $ before saving the string to the database because > user might input a string like "abc+%3423324hello%23ddd" > > > > > > > "John W. Holmes" <holmes072000@charter.net> > 11/19/2002 03:52 PM > Please respond to holmes072000 > > > To: <bhkwan@ThoughtWorks.com>, <php-general@lists.php.net> > cc: > Subject: RE: [PHP] plus sign has changed to space after > POST > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: bhkwan@ThoughtWorks.com [mailto:bhkwan@ThoughtWorks.com] > > Sent: Tuesday, November 19, 2002 6:43 PM > > To: php-general@lists.php.net > > Subject: [PHP] plus sign has changed to space after POST > > > > After upgrade to 4.2.3, plus "+" sign has changed to space after POST. > I > > have checked the mailing list but can't find any help to turn this off > > forever! is this a bug in PHP? > > > > thanks > > Spaces are encoded as plus signed or %20 in the URL, depending on the > method you use. PHP will automatically urldecode() the values passed in > the URL apparently. If you are trying to pass an actual + sign, you need > to encode it with urlencode() or rawurlencode(). > > ---John Holmes... > > > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php