How to use escape characters (particularly #) with $_GET

**Jerry Stuckle** · Mar 20 '07, 12:55 AM

Re: How to use escape characters (particularly #) with $_GET

chad.a.morris@g mail.com wrote:

I don't have a lot of experience using $_GET.
>
I need to know how to pass characters in using the $_GET method. The
character I'm having a problem with right now is '#', but I'm sure
there are others.
>
Could anyone give me a list of characters that need to be escaped
using $_GET, and then also how to use them?
>
Also, could you tell me if any characters simply are not allowed in a
get?
>
Example:
>
getData.php?typ e=edit&user=myN ame&item=Item#1
>
Thanks,
>
Chad
>

urlencode() your parameters.

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**chad.a.morris@gmail.com** · Mar 20 '07, 01:55 AM

Re: How to use escape characters (particularly #) with $_GET

On Mar 19, 8:45 pm, Jerry Stuckle <jstuck...@attg lobal.netwrote:

chad.a.mor...@g mail.com wrote:

I don't have a lot of experience using $_GET.

>

I need to know how to pass characters in using the $_GET method. The
character I'm having a problem with right now is '#', but I'm sure
there are others.

>

Could anyone give me a list of characters that need to be escaped
using $_GET, and then also how to use them?

>

Also, could you tell me if any characters simply are not allowed in a
get?

>

Example:

>

getData.php?typ e=edit&user=myN ame&item=Item#1

>

Thanks,

>

Chad

>
urlencode() your parameters.
>
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I'm trying to go from javascript (making the call) to php.

For example:

function getData()
{
var user = "user1" ;
var item = encodeURI( "Item #1" ) ;
xmlHttp.open( 'GET' , 'addData.php?us er=' + user + '&item=' +
item ) ;
}

However, the encodeURI() function on the string give returns the
following:

Item%20#1

So, it is leaving the pound sign, which is messing me up.

Any other thoughts? Perhaps I'm not using the functions correctly?

Thanks for the help!

Chad

**Jerry Stuckle** · Mar 20 '07, 03:15 AM

Re: How to use escape characters (particularly #) with $_GET

chad.a.morris@g mail.com wrote:

On Mar 19, 8:45 pm, Jerry Stuckle <jstuck...@attg lobal.netwrote:

>chad.a.mor...@ gmail.com wrote:

>>I don't have a lot of experience using $_GET.
>>I need to know how to pass characters in using the $_GET method. The
>>character I'm having a problem with right now is '#', but I'm sure
>>there are others.
>>Could anyone give me a list of characters that need to be escaped
>>using $_GET, and then also how to use them?
>>Also, could you tell me if any characters simply are not allowed in a
>>get?
>>Example:
>>getData.php?t ype=edit&user=m yName&item=Item #1
>>Thanks,
>>Chad

>urlencode() your parameters.
>>
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>
I'm trying to go from javascript (making the call) to php.
>
For example:
>
function getData()
{
var user = "user1" ;
var item = encodeURI( "Item #1" ) ;
xmlHttp.open( 'GET' , 'addData.php?us er=' + user + '&item=' +
item ) ;
}
>
>
However, the encodeURI() function on the string give returns the
following:
>
Item%20#1
>
So, it is leaving the pound sign, which is messing me up.
>
Any other thoughts? Perhaps I'm not using the functions correctly?
>
Thanks for the help!
>
Chad
>

Chad,

First of all, it's urlencode() - not encodeURI(). I have no idea what
that function does - it's not part of the PHP standard library.

And you're using AJAX - which is something completely different. Not
being an AJAX user myself, I can't say what your problem is. All I know
is I use urlencode() with some regularity and it works fine. I've also
tried strings with a '#' in them and it's OK.

The '#' is used in an href to indicate a tag (<a name=...>) on a page.
Perhaps AJAX is getting confused. I wouldn't know. Or maybe your
encodeURI() function isn't doing the same thing.

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**Erwin Moller** · Mar 20 '07, 04:25 PM

Re: How to use escape characters (particularly #) with $_GET

chad.a.morris@g mail.com wrote:

On Mar 19, 8:45 pm, Jerry Stuckle <jstuck...@attg lobal.netwrote:

>chad.a.mor...@ gmail.com wrote:

I don't have a lot of experience using $_GET.

>>

I need to know how to pass characters in using the $_GET method. The
character I'm having a problem with right now is '#', but I'm sure
there are others.

>>

Could anyone give me a list of characters that need to be escaped
using $_GET, and then also how to use them?

>>

Also, could you tell me if any characters simply are not allowed in a
get?

>>

Example:

>>

getData.php?typ e=edit&user=myN ame&item=Item#1

>>

Thanks,

>>

Chad

>>
>urlencode() your parameters.
>>
>--
>============== ====
>Remove the "x" from my email address
>Jerry Stuckle
>JDS Computer Training Corp.
>jstuck...@attg lobal.net
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>- Show quoted text -

>
I'm trying to go from javascript (making the call) to php.
>
For example:
>
function getData()
{
var user = "user1" ;
var item = encodeURI( "Item #1" ) ;
xmlHttp.open( 'GET' , 'addData.php?us er=' + user + '&item=' +
item ) ;
}
>
>
However, the encodeURI() function on the string give returns the
following:
>
Item%20#1
>
So, it is leaving the pound sign, which is messing me up.
>
Any other thoughts? Perhaps I'm not using the functions correctly?

Indeed.

encodeURI leaves ; / ? : @ & = + $ , # all intact.

What you need in Javascript is escape(), not encodeURI().

Tip: Buy a good JS book and you never fall for this kind of thing again.
I recommend Javascript, the definitive guide, by Flanagan (O Reilly)

Regards,
Erwin Moller

>
Chad

**chad.a.morris@gmail.com** · Mar 22 '07, 03:55 AM

Re: How to use escape characters (particularly #) with $_GET

On Mar 20, 11:20 am, Erwin Moller
<since_humans_r ead_this_I_am_s pammed_too_m... @spamyourself.c omwrote:

chad.a.mor...@g mail.com wrote:

On Mar 19, 8:45 pm, Jerry Stuckle <jstuck...@attg lobal.netwrote:

chad.a.mor...@g mail.com wrote:
I don't have a lot of experience using $_GET.

>

I need to know how to pass characters in using the $_GET method. The
character I'm having a problem with right now is '#', but I'm sure
there are others.

>

Could anyone give me a list of characters that need to be escaped
using $_GET, and then also how to use them?

>

Also, could you tell me if any characters simply are not allowed in a
get?

>

Example:

>

getData.php?typ e=edit&user=myN ame&item=Item#1

>

Thanks,

>

Chad

>

urlencode() your parameters.

>

--
=============== ===
Remove the "x" from my email address
Jerry Stuckle
JDS Computer Training Corp.
jstuck...@attgl obal.net
=============== ===- Hide quoted text -

>

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>

I'm trying to go from javascript (making the call) to php.

>

For example:

>

function getData()
{
var user = "user1" ;
var item = encodeURI( "Item #1" ) ;
xmlHttp.open( 'GET' , 'addData.php?us er=' + user + '&item=' +
item ) ;
}

>

However, the encodeURI() function on the string give returns the
following:

>

Item%20#1

>

So, it is leaving the pound sign, which is messing me up.

>

Any other thoughts? Perhaps I'm not using the functions correctly?

>
Indeed.
>
encodeURI leaves ; / ? : @ & = + $ , # all intact.
>
What you need in Javascript is escape(), not encodeURI().
>
Tip: Buy a good JS book and you never fall for this kind of thing again.
I recommend Javascript, the definitive guide, by Flanagan (O Reilly)
>
Regards,
Erwin Moller
>
>
>
>
>

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Thanks for the help Erwin and Jerry. I will definitely check out the
book you mentioned. I'm finding that the more in depth that I go, the
better off I'd be with a book.

THANKS!!

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