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Developing WebSpeed Applications
WebSpeed API Reference : url-encode
 

url-encode

This function encodes characters that can be misinterpreted in a URL (for example tilde ~ or percent %) as hexidecimal triplets. For instance, %7E is the tilde character and the percent character is %25.

Location

web\method\cgiutils.i

Parameters

INPUT p_value AS CHARACTER
The character expression to encode.
INPUT p_enctype AS CHARACTER
Either query, cookie, or default. The query option is suitable for encoding name and value pairs for use as arguments in a URL. The cookie option is suitable for encoding cookie contents. The default option is the default encoding as defined in RFC 1738, section 2.2.

Returns

CHARACTER

Notes

None

Examples

See the set-cookie function in web\method\cookies.i.

See also

url-decode
url-format