string auto-adding amp; when there is & in the URL

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How do I stop the browser adding amp; on every & there is in the URL?

So I am trying to get a JSON file from a URL

(http://steamcommunity.com/market/priceoverview/?currency=1&appid=570&market_hash_name=Inscribed%20Blades%20of%20Voth%20Domosh).

However, it keeps on adding amp; on every & there is, which makes the JSON returns null.

URL becomes: (http://steamcommunity.com/market/priceoverview/?currency=1&appid=570&market_hash_name=Inscribed%20Blades%20of%20Voth%20Domosh

Can anyone help me to stop my php doing this all the time?

Here is my code:

$priceURL = 'http://steamcommunity.com/market/priceoverview/?currency=1&appid=570&market_hash_name=Genuine%20Bloodfeather%20Wings   ';

                                        $priceString = file_get_contents($priceURL);
                                        $price_json = json_encode($priceString, true);
                                        echo $price_json['lowest_price'];

This is the correct behaviour, if a "&" should be sent as text. Otherwise it would be taken as a delimiter between parameters of the query part of the request (...?par1=val1&par2=val2). On the server side, in a php script, you could decode it ($par = decode_url($_GET['par1'])) before using it. — hherger
– hherger, Commented Feb 14, 2016 at 13:52
$priceURL = 'steamcommunity.com/market/priceoverview/… '; $priceString = file_get_contents($priceURL); $price_json = json_encode($priceString, true); echo $price_json['lowest_price']; — KMackinley
– KMackinley, Commented Feb 14, 2016 at 13:55

Niklesh Raut · Accepted Answer · 2016-02-14 14:00:46Z

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You should decode url, use like this.

  $priceURL = 'http://steamcommunity.com/market/priceoverview/?currency=1&appid=570&market_hash_name=Genuine%20Bloodfeather%20Wings   ';

 $priceURL =  urldecode($priceURL);

answered Feb 14, 2016 at 14:00

Niklesh Raut

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KMackinley Over a year ago

I am using file_get_contents and json_decode. After using what you told me to, i got this error "file_get_contents(): php_network_getaddresses: getaddrinfo failed: No such host is known. "

Niklesh Raut Over a year ago

@KMackinley. It seems your url is wrong try with browser directly

KMackinley Over a year ago

I think its the right url.. (steamcommunity.com/market/priceoverview/…) You can try and open it

Niklesh Raut Over a year ago

You are doing wrong. You need to use php curl or js ajax to get api response. file_get_contents will not return php executed reponse. Onlt textual like html will return.

Niklesh Raut Over a year ago

Check this stackoverflow.com/questions/2138527/…

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