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

[chad.a.morris]

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?type=edit&user=myName&item=Item#1

Thanks,

Chad

[Jerry Stuckle]

ch***********@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?type=edit&user=myName&item=Item#1

Thanks,

Chad

urlencode() your parameters.

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[chad.a.morris]

On Mar 19, 8:45 pm, Jerry Stuckle <[e-mail]:

[e-mail] 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?type=edit&user=myName&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?user=' + 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]

ch***********@gmail.com wrote:

On Mar 19, 8:45 pm, Jerry Stuckle <[e-mail]:

>[e-mail] 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?type=edit&user=myName&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?user=' + 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]

ch***********@gmail.com wrote:

On Mar 19, 8:45 pm, Jerry Stuckle <[e-mail]:

>[e-mail] 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?type=edit&user=myName&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?user=' + 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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Chad

[chad.a.morris]

On Mar 20, 11:20 am, Erwin Moller
<since_humans_read_this_I_am_spammed_too_m...@spam yourself.comwrote:

[e-mail] wrote:

On Mar 19, 8:45 pm, Jerry Stuckle <[e-mail]:

[e-mail] 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?type=edit&user=myName&item=Item#1

Thanks,

Chad

urlencode() your parameters.

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[e-mail]
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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?user=' + 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!!