PHP rawurlencode() Function
Definition
The rawurlencode() function converts non-alphabetic symbols into numerical
equivalents with a percent sign, such as %28 for "(".
Syntax
PHP rawurlencode() Function has the following syntax.
string rawurlencode ( string str ) Parameter
str is the string value to convert.
Return
PHP rawurlencode() Function returns the encoded string for URL.
Note
You can reverse this conversion using the rawurldecode() function.
Example
This is most commonly used for passing data over URLs.
<?PHP/*from ww w. j a v a 2s . co m*/
$name = 'PHP from java2s.com';
$safe_name = rawurlencode($name);
print $safe_name;
?>
The code above generates the following result.
