(PHP 5 >= 5.5.0, PHP 7, PHP 8)
curl_escape — URL encodes the given string
This function URL encodes the given string according to » RFC 3986.
handle
A cURL handle returned by curl_init().
string
The string to be encoded.
Returns escaped string or false
on failure.
Version | Description |
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8.0.0 |
handle expects a CurlHandle
instance now; previously, a resource was expected.
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Example #1 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={$location}";// Result: http://example.com/add_location.php?location=Hofbr%C3%A4uhaus%20%2F%20M%C3%BCnchen// Send HTTP request and close the handlecurl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_URL, $url);curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);curl_exec($ch);curl_close($ch);?>