PHP FILTER_SANITIZE_ENCODEDFilter
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Definition and Usage
The FILTER_SANITIZE_ENCODED filter removes or URL-encodes unwanted characters.
This filter is very similar to the urlencode() function.
- Name: "encoded"
- ID-number: 514
Possible flags:
- FILTER_FLAG_STRIP_LOW - Remove characters with ASCII value below 32
- FILTER_FLAG_STRIP_HIGH - Remove characters with ASCII value above 32
- FILTER_FLAG_ENCODE_LOW - Encode characters with ASCII value below 32
- FILTER_FLAG_ENCODE_HIGH - Encode characters with ASCII value above 32
Example
<?php
$url="http://www.example.com";
var_dump(filter_var($url,FILTER_SANITIZE_ENCODED));
?>
$url="http://www.example.com";
var_dump(filter_var($url,FILTER_SANITIZE_ENCODED));
?>
The output of the code is shown below:
string(29) "http%3A%2F%2Fwww.example.com"
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