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  • 25-11-2004 2:13pm
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    hussey
    Registered Users Posts: 6,240 ✭✭✭


    Hi can people tell me what special characters you can have in a url

    e.g. ?, &, = etc all have special meaning

    also is there any type of work around for these?

    the problem is I have a input box and when it returns in puts what was inputted in the url

    (e.g. if user inputted test) - now my question is if the user typed in test&
    how can I convert '&' so it will not be read as a parameter in the url?

    any help welcome!
    e.g. http://......./&NEW_PAGE=test


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    cgarvey
    Registered Users Posts: 3,886 ✭✭✭cgarvey


    I'm not sure I fully understand the question but...

    If you're just using a striaght forward form, then your browser should escape it automatically (for you to unescape server side) as %26. If you're using JavaScript, check out the escape() method.

    There is an online JavaScript example here although, they roll their own encode/decode.

    .cg


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    bonkey
    Registered Users Posts: 15,443 ✭✭✭✭bonkey


    rfc1738 : the URL standard definition is most likely what you're looking for.

    jc


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    hussey
    Registered Users Posts: 6,240 ✭✭✭hussey


    bonkey wrote:
    rfc1738 : the URL standard definition is most likely what you're looking for.

    jc
    that's the one - yeah


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