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replacing the %20 with space
samn84
8 Mar, 2008 - 11:14 PM
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in my program i pass the values via url in the following manner:

http://......../update.php?name=susan brown&company=tt inc

and when i need to assign this info to variables in php page,i do this:

$name=$_REQUEST['name'];
$company=$_REQUEST['company'];
echo "name: ".$name;
echo "company: ".$company;

in this case the output is as follows:
name: susan
company: tt

and does not print the full names!!!!!
SO the next thing i did to the above code is:

$name=str_replace('%20',' ',$_REQUEST['name'];
$company=str_replace('%20',' ',$_REQUEST['company']);
echo "name: ".$name;
echo "company: ".$company;

but now the output shown is like this:

name: susan%20brown
company: tt%20inc

i also tied this but it doesnt work:
$name=str_replace(' ',' ',$_REQUEST['name'];

any help/suggestion/idea wud be appreciated.
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RE: Replacing The %20 With Space
8 Mar, 2008 - 11:20 PM
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Use the urldecode function available to you in PHP


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$name = urldecode($_REQUEST['name']);
$company = urldecode($_REQUEST['company']);
echo "name: ".$name;
echo "company: ".$company;
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8 Mar, 2008 - 11:20 PM
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Try referencing the $_POST value with double quotes, like this:

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Use the urldecode function available to you in PHP

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8 Mar, 2008 - 11:29 PM
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8 Mar, 2008 - 11:32 PM
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does the urldecode function actually put the respective space back in the word like
name :susan brown
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8 Mar, 2008 - 11:56 PM
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QUOTE(PsychoCoder @ 9 Mar, 2008 - 12:58 AM) *

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Okay call me a noobie (which I am) but does this hide the url that shows up in the browser when the user opens the page? if not is there a way to do that? for example to hide the big long php queris such as are in this edit page now at the top of the page.
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http://www.dreamincode.net/forums/index.ph...amp;qpid=322782

is there a way to hide that too just
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http://www.dreamincode.net/forums/index.php


???? Any hope here?
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9 Mar, 2008 - 01:09 AM
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yes i wna ask the same question too as to how to hide the querystring bit in the url....................
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QUOTE(samn84 @ 9 Mar, 2008 - 02:09 AM) *

yes i wna ask the same question too as to how to hide the querystring bit in the url....................

On you html FORM, you want to use a method of POST, rather than GET.
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