note 111410 added to function.urlencode

"cleaning the URL",Totally and in a nut shell: 1.You must use rawurlencode() for parts that come before "?" 2.Use urlencode for all GET parameters (values that come after each "=")(POST parameters are automatically encoded). 3.Use htmlspecialchars for HTML tag parameters and HTML text content <?php $url_page = 'example/page/url.php'; //page the link will request $text = 'this is a simple string'; $id = '4334%3434'; $linktext = "<Clickit> & you will see it"; //text of the link, with HTML unfriendly characters ?> <?php // this gives you a clean link to use $url = "http://localhost/"; $url .= rawurlencode($url_page); $url .= "?text=" . urlencode($text); $url .= "&id=" . urlencode($id); // htmlspecialchars escapes any html that // might do bad things to your html page ?> <a href="<?php echo htmlspecialchars($url); ?>"> <?php echo htmlspecialchars($linktext); ?> </a> ---- Server IP: 69.147.83.199 Probable Submitter: 5.201.209.209 ---- Manual Page -- http://php.net/manual/en/function.urlencode.php Edit -- https://master.php.net/note/edit/111410 Del: integrated -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/111410/integrated Del: useless -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/111410/useless Del: bad code -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/111410/bad+code Del: spam -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/111410/spam Del: non-english -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/111410/non-english Del: in docs -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/111410/in+docs Del: other reasons-- https://master.php.net/note/delete/111410 Reject -- https://master.php.net/note/reject/111410 Search -- https://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php