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Text.EncodeToURL

Encode an URL string.

Component	Version	macOS	Windows	Linux	Server	FileMaker iOS SDK
Text	2.6	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes

MBS( "Text.EncodeToURL"; text { ; Encoding } ) More

(old name: String.EncodeToURL)

Parameters

Parameter Description Example Flags

text The text to process. "Hello World"

Encoding The text encoding for text parameter.
Default is native.
Possible encoding names: ANSI, ISO-8859-1, Latin1, Mac, Native, UTF-8, DOS, Hex, Base64 or Windows. More listed in the FAQ. "UTF-8" Optional

Parameter	Description	Example	Flags
text	The text to process.	"Hello World"
Encoding	The text encoding for text parameter. Default is native. Possible encoding names: ANSI, ISO-8859-1, Latin1, Mac, Native, UTF-8, DOS, Hex, Base64 or Windows. More listed in the FAQ.	"UTF-8"	Optional

Result

Returns encoded text.

Description

Encode an URL string.
Please check what text encoding you want to use. Especially what the software processing the hex string expects.
This function should work the same as PHP's urlencode function.

Examples

Encode URL as UTF-8:

MBS( "Text.EncodeToURL"; "Hello World"; "utf8" )

Example result: Hello+World

Encode and Decode with umlauts and UTF-8:

$v = "Hello öäü"
$e = MBS( "Text.EncodeToURL"; "$v; "utf8" )
# e has now value "Hello+%C3%B6%C3%A4%C3%BC"
$d = MBS( "Text.DecodeFromURL"; $e; "utf8" )
# d has now value "Hello öäü"

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Created 18th August 2014, last changed 11st December 2016

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