curl_escape

(PHP 5 >= 5.5.0, PHP 7)

URL encodes the given string

string curl_escape ( resource $ch, string $str )

This function URL encodes the given string according to » RFC 3986.

Parameters:

A cURL handle returned by curl_init().

str

The string to be encoded.

Returns:

Returns escaped string or FALSE on failure.

Examples:

curl_escape() example

<?php
// Create a curl handle
$ch = curl_init();
 
// Escape a string used as a GET parameter
$location = curl_escape($ch, 'Hofbräuhaus / München');
// Result: Hofbr%C3%A4uhaus%20%2F%20M%C3%BCnchen
 
// Compose an URL with the escaped string
$url = "http://example.com/add_location.php?location={$location}";
// Result: http://example.com/add_location.php?location=Hofbr%C3%A4uhaus%20%2F%20M%C3%BCnchen
 
// Send HTTP request and close the handle
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_URL, $url);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);
curl_exec($ch);
curl_close($ch);
?>