Php/docs/function.curl-escape
curl_escape
(PHP 5 >= 5.5.0, PHP 7)
curl_escape — URL encodes the given string
Description
curl_escape
( CurlHandle $handle
, string $string
) : string|false
This function URL encodes the given string according to » RFC 3986.
Return Values
Returns escaped string or FALSE on failure.
Changelog
| Version | Description |
|---|---|
| 8.0.0 | handle expects a CurlHandle
instance now; previously, a resource was expected. |
Examples
Example #1 curl_escape() example
<?php// Create a curl handle$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}%22;// 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);?>
See Also
- curl_unescape() - Decodes the given URL encoded string
- urlencode() - URL-encodes string
- rawurlencode() - URL-encode according to RFC 3986
- » RFC 3986
