Displaying embeded querystring

dharbour

I have a search program for a MySQL database that is returning from the search.php page an embeded querystring to my display page. I have been reading and trying html and php code for days trying to get the querystring to display in some type of readable and printable format.

The config.php line is this:$database[0]['url'] = "http://something.com/recipe.php?id='@0@', '@1@'";

Where @0@, etc represents the return field data from the database and the 'search_results.php is the page where the data will be displayed after it is selected from a search.php page.

The source code posted to the search. php for a result looks like this: HREF=//something.com/recipe.php?id='Red%20Sauce',%20'Chili%20Powder'" TARGET="_self">Red Chili Sauce</a></b>

When the linked recipe title is selected on the results page it is sent to the recipe.php page. However I cannot get the data in a readable text format displayed on the page. The browser address window shows: http://something.com//recipe.php?id='REd%20Sauce',%20'Chili%20Powder'

I guess I am just dumb since I have read the PHP Manual from front to back and still cannot find a solution.

Is there sanity here? lol

sarahk

are you hacking the site, trying to use someone else's stuff?
read "recipe.php" and see what it is doing.

dharbour

No, not hacking. This is my recipe site. Recipe.php is the page I constructed so that the data could be read after it is passed by the search. php page which displays the results. I am receiving the embeded url querystring in the address window on the recipe.php page however I do not know how to interpret the generated embeded querystring so that I can show it as text on the viewed recipe.php page. I suppose I could use html for the recipe page but I do not know how to get it in a readable context with html either.

compusolver

If I understand your question correctly, it is the '%20' etc. stuff that's giving you trouble.

There are certain reservedcharacters that cannot be directly passed via querystring. Spaces, ampersands and about a dozen or so others. These are converted to hexadecimal (or usually '+' for spaces).

You should always use urlencode($userinput) where '$userinput' is your variable for whatever your user has entered if you are going to use his input for a querystring.

Then you use urldecode($userinput) to turn those '%20' back into legible spaces, etc.

I'm sorry it took so long for someone to answer you.

Hank Castello
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