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:
ch

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);
?>

See also:

curl_unescape() -

urlencode() -

rawurlencode() -

» RFC 3986 -

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2016-02-24 16:08:02
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