How to properly url encode a string

Question

I'm trying to parse a file name to a url string.

the file name is:

201-SALÃO DE JOGOS.jpg

I need the output be exactly this:

201-SAL%c3O%20DE%20JOGOS.jpg

I'm trying like this:

$var = 201-SALÃO DE JOGOS.jpg;
echo urlencode($var);

But instead it returns:

201-SAL%C3%83O+DE+JOGOS.jpg

This is not a valid url. I've already tried with htmlspecialchars() and htmlentities() but these do not work.

I need the empty spaces be like %20 not +. That's the only problem — Ivan Moreira
– Ivan Moreira, Commented Nov 17, 2016 at 11:19
Could I understand why do you want %20 not +? @IvanMoreira — SaidbakR
– SaidbakR, Commented Nov 17, 2016 at 11:21

Bhavik Shah · Accepted Answer · 2016-11-17 11:15:36Z

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You need rawurlencode

$filename = "201-SALÃO DE JOGOS.jpg";
print rawurlencode($filename);

edited Nov 17, 2016 at 11:15

answered Nov 17, 2016 at 11:07

Bhavik Shah

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deceze Over a year ago

mb_rawurlencode is nonsense; rawurlencode works on a byte level and doesn't care about the encoding at all. In fact, the results of both functions are identical. I have no idea why that commenter thought an mb variant would be useful in any way.

Bhavik Shah Over a year ago

@deceze: Ok. Thanks for the updates. Removed the comment.

Ivan Moreira Over a year ago

Thanks a lot! my code now is $var = '201-SALÃO DE JOGOS.jpg'; echo rawurlencode(utf8_decode($var));

Bhavik Shah Over a year ago

@IvanMoreira: Why you have used utf8_decode when rawurlencode is already giving you exactly want you want?

Ivan Moreira Over a year ago

rawurlencode is not giving me exactly what i want( i don't know why). To make the string be exactly the way i want, i had to use utf8_decode

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SaidbakR · Accepted Answer · 2016-11-17 11:29:17Z

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You could able to use str_replace to replace + with %20:

<?php

$var = "201-SALÃO DE JOGOS.jpg";
$output = str_replace('+','%20',urlencode($var));
echo $output;
echo "*****";
echo urldecode($output);
?>

answered Nov 17, 2016 at 11:29

SaidbakR

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