Strange String and URL Problems

[IWP506@gmail.com]

Hey, I've got some code here that puzzles me. I'm putting together a
url based on user input. Should be pretty straightforward , but there's
a problem. First, here's my code.

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$myurl="write.p hp?T1=" . $_GET["T1"] . "&T2=" . $_GET["T2"] . "&T3=" .
$_GET["T3"] . "&T4=" . $_GET["T4"] . "&T56=" . $_GET["T56"] . "&T7=" .
$_GET["T7"] . "&T89=" . $_GET["T89"] . "&T10=" . $_GET["T10"] . "&T11="
.. $_GET["T11"];

echo $myurl;
echo "<a href=\"" . $myurl . ">OK - Next Step &gt;&gt;" .
"</a>";

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** Please note that the 3 lines with the $_GET variables are really on
1 line.

So, that makes my link fine. The problem is my output:

write.php?T1=Wo rd1
Word2

It takes spaces in the $_GET["T1"] and for some reason makes them into
new lines....... which throws off my url completly because it's then
sending you to write.php?T1=Wo rd1, dropping word2 and the rest of the
get variables.

Why is this??

Please help. Sorry if this wasn't clear, but it's a bit confusing, and
I'll try to clarify it if you need more.

Thanks,
iwp506@gmail.co m

[IWP506@gmail.com]

Re: Strange String and URL Problems

Sorry, but I have a few corrections. I meant "4" lines instead of 3,
and it DOESN'T make my line fine.

[Ken Robinson]

Re: Strange String and URL Problems

IWP506@gmail.co m wrote in news:1124478378 .973496.290910
@z14g2000cwz.go oglegroups.com:
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> Hey, I've got some code here that puzzles me. I'm putting together a
> url based on user input. Should be pretty straightforward , but there's
> a problem. First, here's my code.
>
> ---
>
> $myurl="write.p hp?T1=" . $_GET["T1"] . "&T2=" . $_GET["T2"] . "&T3=" .
> $_GET["T3"] . "&T4=" . $_GET["T4"] . "&T56=" . $_GET["T56"] . "&T7=" .
> $_GET["T7"] . "&T89=" . $_GET["T89"] . "&T10=" . $_GET["T10"] . "&T11="
> . $_GET["T11"];
>[/color]

Format your string using urlencode():

$tmpa = array();
foreach ($idx in array('T1','T2' ,'T3','T4','T56 ','T7','T89','T 10'))
$tmpa[] = $idx . '=' . urlencode($_GET[$idx]);
$myurl = 'write.php?' . implode('&',$tm pa);

You'll notice I changed the way the code creates the URL. By using the
foreach() construct, you can easily change what indices you use.
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> echo $myurl;
> echo "<a href=\"" . $myurl . ">OK - Next Step &gt;&gt;" .
> "</a>";
>[/color]

echo '<a href="' . $myurl . '">OK - Next Step &gt;&gt;</a>';

See if that helps.

Ken

[IWP506@gmail.com]

Re: Strange String and URL Problems

That looks great to me, but when I run it, I get a

Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_STRING in C:\Program
Files\Apache Group\Apache2\h tdocs\schedule\ confirm.php on line 48.

Line 48 is foreach ($idx in
array('T1','T2' ,'T3','T4','T56 ','T7','T89','T 10')).

But I don't see a problem... Commenting out the code you gave resolves
the error...

Thanks,
iwp506@gmail.co m

[Ken Robinson]

Re: Strange String and URL Problems

IWP506@gmail.co m wrote in news:1124480293 .949505.8120
@f14g2000cwb.go oglegroups.com:
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> That looks great to me, but when I run it, I get a
>
> Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_STRING in C:\Program
> Files\Apache Group\Apache2\h tdocs\schedule\ confirm.php on line 48.
>
> Line 48 is foreach ($idx in
> array('T1','T2' ,'T3','T4','T56 ','T7','T89','T 10')).
>[/color]

Can you post the lines before line 48. Sometimes the error is actually on a
preceding line and PHP doesn't realize it until something doesn't make
sense.

Ken

[IWP506@gmail.com]

Re: Strange String and URL Problems

<?php

$tmpa = array();
foreach ($idx in array('T1','T2' ,'T3','T4','T56 ','T7','T89','T 10')) {
$tmpa[] = $idx . '=' . urlencode($_GET[$idx]);
}
$myurl = 'write.php?' . implode('&',$tm pa);


echo $myurl;

echo '<a href="' . $myurl . '">OK - Next Step &gt;&gt;</a>';

?>

That's the only php in this document...

Sorry for being a pest

iwp506@gmail.co m

[IWP506@gmail.com]

Re: Strange String and URL Problems

Oh, I tried adding the { }'s after it didn't work the first time,
because the php manual uses them, but they didn't help.

[Ken Robinson]

Re: Strange String and URL Problems

IWP506@gmail.co m wrote in news:1124481301 .015505.79180
@g49g2000cwa.go oglegroups.com:
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> <?php
>
> $tmpa = array();
> foreach ($idx in array('T1','T2' ,'T3','T4','T56 ','T7','T89','T 10')) {[/color]

My error (that's what I get for not checking my code...)
The foreach line should read:

foreach (array('T1','T2 ','T3','T4','T5 6','T7','T89',' T10') as $idx)
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> $tmpa[] = $idx . '=' . urlencode($_GET[$idx]);
> }
> $myurl = 'write.php?' . implode('&',$tm pa);
>
>
> echo $myurl;
>
> echo '<a href="' . $myurl . '">OK - Next Step &gt;&gt;</a>';
>
> ?>
>
> That's the only php in this document...
>
> Sorry for being a pest[/color]

Not a problem. How else would you learn...

Ken

[IWP506@gmail.com]

Re: Strange String and URL Problems

Works like a charm, thanks for your patience!

Thanks,
iwp506@gmail.co m