Re: fopen a URL with = in it

You would only want URLEncode if "thething" had the "=" in it as part of the data... "http://whatever.com/foo.php?operand=" . urlencode("=") might be a URL for math geeks to talk about the "=" sign :-) -- WARNING richard@zend.com address is an endangered species -- Use ceo@l-i-e.com Wanna help me out? Like Music? Buy a CD: http://l-i-e.com/artists.htm Volunteer a little time: http://chatmusic.com/volunteer.htm ----- Original Message ----- From: Corey Chapman <ze0@xnull.com> Newsgroups: php.general To: <php-general@lists.php.net> Sent: Friday, August 03, 2001 1:45 PM Subject: fopen a URL with = in it > Something that's been driving me crazy for a few days. Could it > be a bug in PHP? > > Using the fopen function (or even the file function), I want to open a > web page for read. Sounds easy? Well, say I want to have an "=" sign in > the URL.. well that is where the problem comes. I have tried things > like this: > > $eq = urlencode("="); > $URL = > "http://www.something.com/file.php?thing".$eq."thething";; > > I have tried many other combinations as well.. the problem is this: > when PHP calls fopen(), it does not allow the = sign in the variable > passed in. So I figured I should escape it.. > > > fopen("http://www.something.com/file.php?thing\=thething","r";); > > But that did not work either. It allows me to pass it in, but then it > tries to open the literal \= in the url, which of course doesn't > exist. The url has just an =. I thought encoding the whole or part URL > would work. well it loads the page, but the page itself doesn't > recognize the encoded = sign as being an = sign.. > > Bah! Anyone have any ideas.. ? > > > Corey Chapman > Xnull CEO > (Chat with us: http://forum.xnull.com)