Re: Re: fopen a URL with = in it

Ya, I may have to.. I can't seem to get this to work. > I think it's time for you to submit a bug report at http://bugs.php.net > unless one of the developers expressly described why it shouldn't work... > > -- > 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> > To: Richard Lynch <ceo@l-i-e.com>; <php-general@lists.php.net> > Sent: Friday, August 03, 2001 10:19 PM > Subject: Re: [PHP] Re: fopen a URL with = in it > > > > So you're saying that I should be able to pass the = sign in just fine > > into the fopen call with no errors? I understand what you mean that if > > = was what the variable was defined as, then THAT is where I'd use > > urlencode ;) I wasn't too sure about that, but now I am. > > > > Quite odd that it reports errors then when passing in an = sign. > > Perhaps PHP does not like to load url's like that.. > > > > > 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�_�C > > > ���aq~9 > > 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) > > > > > > > > > -- > > > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: php-general-unsubscribe@lists.php.net > > > For additional commands, e-mail: php-general-help@lists.php.net > > > To contact the list administrators, e-mail: php-list- > > admin@lists.php.net > > > > > > > > > > > > > Corey Chapman > > Xnull CEO > > (Chat with us: http://forum.xnull.com) > > > Corey Chapman Xnull CEO (Chat with us: http://forum.xnull.com)