PHP | rawurlencode() function
The rawurlencode() function is an inbuilt function in PHP which is used to encode the URL(Uniform Resource Locator) according to RFC(Uniform Resource Identifier) 3986.
Syntax:
string rawurlencode( $str )
Parameters: This function accepts single parameters $str which is mandatory. It is used to store the URL which is to be encoded.
Return Value: This function returns a string which contains all non-alphanumeric characters except -_.~ symbols. The symbols or space character replaced with a percent (%) sign followed by two hex digits.
Below programs illustrate the rawurlencode() function in PHP.
Program 1:
<?php echo '<a href="www.zambiatek.com', rawurlencode('A computer science portal for geek'), '">'; ?> |
Output:
<a href="www.zambiatek.comA%20computer%20science%20portal%20for%20geek">
Program 2:
<?php // Store the URL string $str = 'A computer science portal for geek'; // Encode the URL string and print it. echo '<a href="www.zambiatek.com', rawurlencode($str), '">'; ?> |
Output:
<a href="www.zambiatek.comA%20computer%20science%20portal%20for%20geek">
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Reference: http://php.net/manual/en/function.rawurlencode.php
