RE: [PHP] URL question

The ? Is just standard. It is what is added to at the end of a file to indicate the start of query data... the format thereafter is param1=val1&param2=val2 (notice the variables are separated by an & sign) Th %21, or any %dd (dd being an integer) represents the ASCII interpretation of a character in hexadecimal format. For instance, %20 represents a space character ' '. All of the values in the paramers I talked about above (val1, val2) must be encoded in this way to be sent as part of a query. You can do this with the PHP functions urlencode() and urldecode(). I hope this helps. John -----Original Message----- From: David VanHorn [mailto:dvanhorn@cedar.net] Sent: Wednesday, August 02, 2000 4:29 PM To: php-general@lists.php.net Subject: [PHP] URL question http://www.mysite.com/formhandler.php?field1=TEST&field2=4ed9407&Submit=Subm it%21 Have a look at that url. I've simplified it a bit. I'm looking for a definition/standard on this. So far, I haven't found anything useful in the search engines. Between the page name and the first field, there's a "?".. Why? The last field, concerning "Submit", Does it need to be there? The last bit at the end, %21.. What's it for? I'm trying to work out how to get the result of a form by feeding a preloaded URL to wget. -- Where's dave? http://www.findu.com/cgi-bin/find.cgi?kc6ete-9 -- 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