php man page for curl_escape

CURL_ESCAPE(3)								 1							    CURL_ESCAPE(3)

curl_escape - URL encodes the given string

SYNOPSIS
       string curl_escape (resource  $ch, string  $str)

DESCRIPTION
	This function URL encodes the given string according to RFC 3986.

PARAMETERS
	      o $ch
		-A cURL handle returned by curl_init(3).

	      o $str
		- The string to be encoded.

RETURN VALUES
	Returns escaped string or FALSE on failure.

EXAMPLES
       Example #1

	      curl_escape(3) example

	      <?php
	      // Create a curl handle
	      $ch = curl_init();

	      // Escape a string used as a GET parameter
	      $location = curl_escape($ch, 'Hofbrauhaus / Munchen');
	      // 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 handle
	      curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_URL, $url);
	      curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);
	      curl_exec($ch);
	      curl_close($ch);
	      ?>

SEE ALSO
       curl_unescape(3), urlencode(3), rawurlencode(3), RFC 3986.

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