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Plus sign and URL or "URL syntax for special characters"
While trying yesterday to add two plus signs (++) in <a href=""> tag, I realized that something is wrong and actually I cannot just write the second param with value EC++BDSE.
Example: ...jobs.php?loc=Sofia&jobid=EC++DSE
These two ++ signs in the "jobid" param will be skipped, when you try to pass them. So I found the right way to code that kind of special signs in URL. Below in the table you will see how you have to replace special characters.
The correct coding of the above URL is:
...jobs.php?loc=Sofia&jobid=EC%2B%2BDSE
| Character | URL Syntax | Description |
| %20 | Space | |
| ' | %27 | Foot Sign |
| " | %22 | Quote |
| # | %23 | Number sign |
| % | %25 | Percent sign |
| & | %26 | Ampersand |
| + | %2B | Plus sign |
| / | %2F | Solidus (slash) |
| : | %3A | Colon |
| ; | %3B | Semicolon |
| < | %3C | Less than |
| > | %3E | Greater than |
| ? | %3F | Question mark |
Some of the characters are replaced automatically by browsers, but some of them like the plus sign are not, so it is better to replace them all with their URL syntax.
category: Web development, posted date: 14.04.2007, CommentAdd your comment here.
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