Ya, I may have to.. I can't seem to get this to work.
> I think it's time for you to submit a bug report at
http://bugs.php.net
> unless one of the developers expressly described why it shouldn't
work...
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> - Original Message -
> From: Corey Chapman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: Richard Lynch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Friday, August 03, 2001 10:19 PM
> Subject: Re: [PHP] Re: fopen a URL with = in it
>
>
> > So you're saying that I should be able to pass the = sign in just
fine
> > into the fopen call with no errors? I understand what you mean that
if
> > = was what the variable was defined as, then THAT is where I'd use
> > urlencode ;) I wasn't too sure about that, but now I am.
> >
> > Quite odd that it reports errors then when passing in an = sign.
> > Perhaps PHP does not like to load url's like that..
> >
> > > You would only want URLEncode if "thething" had the "=" in it as
part
> > of the
> > > data...
> > >
> > > "http://whatever.com/foo.php?operand="; . urlencode("=")
> > >
> > > might be a URL for math geeks to talk about the "=" sign :-)
> > >
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> > > - Original Message -
> > > From: Corey Chapman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > > Newsgroups: php.general
> > > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > > Sent: Friday, August 03, 2001 1:45 PM
> > > Subject: fopen a URL with = in it
> > >
> > >
> > > > Something that's been driving me crazy for a few days. Could it
> > > > be a bug in PHP?
> > > >
> > > > Using the fopen function (or even the file function), I want to
> > open a
> > > > web page for read. Sounds easy? Well, say I want to have an "="
> > sign in
> > > > the URL.. well that is where the problem comes. I have tried
things
> > > > like this:
> > > >
> > > > $eq = urlencode("=");
> > > > $URL = "http://www.something.com/file.php?
thing".$eq."thething";;
> > > >
> > > > I have tried many other combinations as well.. the problem is
this:
> > > > when PHP calls fopen(), it does not allow the = sign in the
variable
> > > > passed in. So I figured I should escape it..
> > > >
> > > > fopen("http://www.something.com/file.php?thing\=thething","r";;);
> > > >
> > > > But that did not work either. It allows me to pass it in, but
then
> > it
> > > > tries to open the literal \= in the url, which of course doesn't
> > > > exist. The url has just an =. I thought encoding the whole or
part
> > URL
> > > > would work. well it loads the page, but the page itself doesn't
> > > > recognize the encoded = sign as being an = sign..
> > > >
> > > > Bah! Anyone have any ideas.. ?
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Corey Chapman
> > > > Xnull CEO
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> > >
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