how does one edit php.ini to allow multiple url parameter separators?

[lawrence k]

This is what is set by default in the php.ini that is on our server:

arg_separator.i nput = ";&"

I want the PHP on the server consider both:

&
&

to be parameter separators. How do I do that? I tried:

arg_separator.i nput=";&;&"

but that did not work.

[Jerry Stuckle]

Re: how does one edit php.ini to allow multiple url parameter separators?

lawrence k wrote:[color=blue]
> This is what is set by default in the php.ini that is on our server:
>
> arg_separator.i nput = ";&"
>
> I want the PHP on the server consider both:
>
> &
> &
>
> to be parameter separators. How do I do that? I tried:
>
> arg_separator.i nput=";&;&"
>
> but that did not work.
>[/color]

It's not possible - an input separator is a single character. See the comments
in the php.ini file:

"NOTE: Every character in this directive is considered as separator!"

I don't know how you'd ever get &amp as an input separator anyway.

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[lawrence k]

Re: how does one edit php.ini to allow multiple url parameter separators?


Jerry Stuckle wrote:[color=blue]
> lawrence k wrote:[color=green]
> > This is what is set by default in the php.ini that is on our server:
> >
> > arg_separator.i nput = ";&"
> >
> > I want the PHP on the server consider both:
> >
> > &
> > &
> >
> > to be parameter separators. How do I do that? I tried:
> >
> > arg_separator.i nput=";&;&"
> >
> > but that did not work.
> >[/color]
>
> It's not possible - an input separator is a single character. See the comments
> in the php.ini file:
>
> "NOTE: Every character in this directive is considered as separator!"
>
> I don't know how you'd ever get &amp as an input separator anyway.[/color]

But that's impossible. "&" is the separator that the W3C.org
suggests, and I know I've seen sites that do it in a way that conforms
to standards.

I think I asked this question a few years ago, but I can't find it now
through Google. Still, the idea that every site that uses PHP is
non-conforming to web standards clearly can't be right.

I suppose "&" by itself would work? I'll give that a try.

[Peter Fox]

Re: how does one edit php.ini to allow multiple url parameter separators?

Following on from lawrence k's message. . .[color=blue]
>But that's impossible. "&" is the separator that the W3C.org
>suggests, and I know I've seen sites that do it in a way that conforms
>to standards.[/color]



& is to &
as
seven is to 7

ie. you're interpreting your documents too literally and you don't have
a problem.

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[Jerry Stuckle]

Re: how does one edit php.ini to allow multiple url parameter separators?

lawrence k wrote:[color=blue]
> Jerry Stuckle wrote:
>[color=green]
>>lawrence k wrote:
>>[color=darkred]
>>>This is what is set by default in the php.ini that is on our server:
>>>
>>>arg_separato r.input = ";&"
>>>
>>>I want the PHP on the server consider both:
>>>
>>>&
>>>&amp;
>>>
>>>to be parameter separators. How do I do that? I tried:
>>>
>>>arg_separato r.input=";&;&am p;"
>>>
>>>but that did not work.
>>>[/color]
>>
>>It's not possible - an input separator is a single character. See the comments
>>in the php.ini file:
>>
>>"NOTE: Every character in this directive is considered as separator!"
>>
>>I don't know how you'd ever get &amp as an input separator anyway.[/color]
>
>
> But that's impossible. "&amp;" is the separator that the W3C.org
> suggests, and I know I've seen sites that do it in a way that conforms
> to standards.
>
> I think I asked this question a few years ago, but I can't find it now
> through Google. Still, the idea that every site that uses PHP is
> non-conforming to web standards clearly can't be right.
>
> I suppose "&amp;" by itself would work? I'll give that a try.
>[/color]

Read the comments in the php.ini file. And understand what &amp is - and it's
relationship with the ampersand character.

Separators are a single character. No more, no less.


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[Andy Hassall]

Re: how does one edit php.ini to allow multiple url parameter separators?

On 24 Jun 2006 20:45:38 -0700, "lawrence k" <lkrubner@geoci ties.com> wrote:
[color=blue][color=green]
>> I don't know how you'd ever get &amp as an input separator anyway.[/color]
>
>But that's impossible. "&amp;" is the separator that the W3C.org
>suggests, and I know I've seen sites that do it in a way that conforms
>to standards.
>
>I think I asked this question a few years ago, but I can't find it now
>through Google. Still, the idea that every site that uses PHP is
>non-conforming to web standards clearly can't be right.[/color]

You're probably confused with the OUTPUT separator, which does need to be
changed from its incorrect default of "&" to "&amp;".

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[Jan Pieter Kunst]

Re: how does one edit php.ini to allow multiple url parameter separators?

It seems there is some confusion between arg_separator.o utput and
arg_separator.i nput here.

"&amp;" should be used for arg_separator.o utput, i.e. URL's generated by
PHP, so that those webpage that use those URL's are valid.

"&" or ";" should be used for arg_separator.i nput , i.e. incoming GET
requests. In that context the separator is just "&", not "&amp;".

Note how clicking on an "&amp;" separated URL:

<a href="http://example.com/script.php?var1 =this&amp;var2= that">click</a>

Results in

http://example.com/script.php?var1=this&var2=that

In the location bar of your browser.

The browser translates the "&amp;" representation on the webpage of the
"&" character back to the actual "&" character for input purposes.

JP

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[Jerry Stuckle]

Re: how does one edit php.ini to allow multiple url parameter separators?

Andy Hassall wrote:[color=blue]
> On 24 Jun 2006 20:45:38 -0700, "lawrence k" <lkrubner@geoci ties.com> wrote:
>
>[color=green][color=darkred]
>>>I don't know how you'd ever get &amp as an input separator anyway.[/color]
>>
>>But that's impossible. "&amp;" is the separator that the W3C.org
>>suggests, and I know I've seen sites that do it in a way that conforms
>>to standards.
>>
>>I think I asked this question a few years ago, but I can't find it now
>>through Google. Still, the idea that every site that uses PHP is
>>non-conforming to web standards clearly can't be right.[/color]
>
>
> You're probably confused with the OUTPUT separator, which does need to be
> changed from its incorrect default of "&" to "&amp;".
>[/color]

No, Andy, I'm not at all confused about this issue. I know quite well how it works.

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[Andy Hassall]

Re: how does one edit php.ini to allow multiple url parameter separators?

On Sun, 25 Jun 2006 12:40:05 -0400, Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attg lobal.net>
wrote:
[color=blue]
>Andy Hassall wrote:[color=green]
>> On 24 Jun 2006 20:45:38 -0700, "lawrence k" <lkrubner@geoci ties.com> wrote:
>>[color=darkred]
>>>>I don't know how you'd ever get &amp as an input separator anyway.
>>>
>>>But that's impossible. "&amp;" is the separator that the W3C.org
>>>suggests, and I know I've seen sites that do it in a way that conforms
>>>to standards.
>>>
>>>I think I asked this question a few years ago, but I can't find it now
>>>through Google. Still, the idea that every site that uses PHP is
>>>non-conforming to web standards clearly can't be right.[/color]
>>
>> You're probably confused with the OUTPUT separator, which does need to be
>> changed from its incorrect default of "&" to "&amp;".[/color]
>
>No, Andy, I'm not at all confused about this issue. I know quite well how it works.[/color]

What? You seem to be confused about who I'm replying to, I was talking to
lawrence...

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[lawrence k]

Re: how does one edit php.ini to allow multiple url parameter separators?


Andy Hassall wrote:

On 24 Jun 2006 20:45:38 -0700, "lawrence k" <lkrubner@geoci ties.comwrote:
>

I don't know how you'd ever get &amp as an input separator anyway.

But that's impossible. "&amp;" is the separator that the W3C.org
suggests, and I know I've seen sites that do it in a way that conforms
to standards.

I think I asked this question a few years ago, but I can't find it now
through Google. Still, the idea that every site that uses PHP is
non-conforming to web standards clearly can't be right.

>
You're probably confused with the OUTPUT separator, which does need to be
changed from its incorrect default of "&" to "&amp;".

Thanks. You're right, I was confusing them.