Posted by Jan Pieter Kunst on 06/25/06 15:51

It seems there is some confusion between arg_separator.output and
arg_separator.input here.

"&" should be used for arg_separator.output, i.e. URL's generated by
PHP, so that those webpage that use those URL's are valid.

"&" or ";" should be used for arg_separator.input , i.e. incoming GET
requests. In that context the separator is just "&", not "&".

Note how clicking on an "&" separated URL:

<a href="http://example.com/script.php?var1=this&amp;var2=that">click</a>

Results in

http://example.com/script.php?var1=this&var2=that

In the location bar of your browser.

The browser translates the "&amp;" representation on the webpage of the
"&" character back to the actual "&" character for input purposes.

JP

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