Re: HTTP Content-length...

From: "Hrishi" <hrishi@mediaibc.com> > > $string ="foo=bar&food=apple"; > > $contentlength=$string.size; > > $uuencodestring=uuencode($string); > > uuencode ? are you looking at urlencode ? > > use > $contentlength=strlen($string); > > also remember according to the HTTP protocol, you have to show the length of > the encoded string, not the original; which in PHP will look like : > > <? > $string ="foo=bar&food=apple"; > $encodedstring=urlencode($string); > $contentlength=strlen($encodedstring); > > ?> > > other methods may or may not work if they're not HTTP compliant. > > cheers, > hrishi > Note that you should not urlencode() the string after it's already URL-formatted. $string ="foo=bar&food=apple"; $encodedstring=urlencode($string); echo $encodedstring; // Will output: foo%3Dbar%26food%3Dapple If "bar" and "apple" were variables, you would rather urlencode() them individually. Cheers Simon Garner