http_build_query
(PHP 5, PHP 7)
http_build_query — Generate URL-encoded query string
Description
$query_data
[, string $numeric_prefix
[, string $arg_separator
[, int $enc_type
= PHP_QUERY_RFC1738
]]] ) : stringGenerates a URL-encoded query string from the associative (or indexed) array provided.
Parameters
-
query_data
-
May be an array or object containing properties.
If
query_data
is an array, it may be a simple one-dimensional structure, or an array of arrays (which in turn may contain other arrays).If
query_data
is an object, then only public properties will be incorporated into the result. -
numeric_prefix
-
If numeric indices are used in the base array and this parameter is provided, it will be prepended to the numeric index for elements in the base array only.
This is meant to allow for legal variable names when the data is decoded by PHP or another CGI application later on.
-
arg_separator
-
arg_separator.output is used to separate arguments but may be overridden by specifying this parameter.
-
enc_type
-
By default,
PHP_QUERY_RFC1738
.If
enc_type
isPHP_QUERY_RFC1738
, then encoding is performed per » RFC 1738 and the application/x-www-form-urlencoded media type, which implies that spaces are encoded as plus (+) signs.If
enc_type
isPHP_QUERY_RFC3986
, then encoding is performed according to » RFC 3986, and spaces will be percent encoded (%20).
Changelog
Version | Description |
---|---|
5.4.0 |
The enc_type parameter was added.
|
5.1.3 | Square brackets are escaped. |
5.1.2 |
The arg_separator parameter was added.
|
Examples
Example #1 Simple usage of http_build_query()
<?php
$data = array(
'foo' => 'bar',
'baz' => 'boom',
'cow' => 'milk',
'php' => 'hypertext processor'
);
echo http_build_query($data) . "\n";
echo http_build_query($data, '', '&');
?>
The above example will output:
foo=bar&baz=boom&cow=milk&php=hypertext+processor foo=bar&baz=boom&cow=milk&php=hypertext+processor
Example #2 http_build_query() with numerically index elements.
<?php
$data = array('foo', 'bar', 'baz', 'boom', 'cow' => 'milk', 'php' => 'hypertext processor');
echo http_build_query($data) . "\n";
echo http_build_query($data, 'myvar_');
?>
The above example will output:
0=foo&1=bar&2=baz&3=boom&cow=milk&php=hypertext+processor myvar_0=foo&myvar_1=bar&myvar_2=baz&myvar_3=boom&cow=milk&php=hypertext+processor
Example #3 http_build_query() with complex arrays
<?php
$data = array(
'user' => array(
'name' => 'Bob Smith',
'age' => 47,
'sex' => 'M',
'dob' => '5/12/1956'
),
'pastimes' => array('golf', 'opera', 'poker', 'rap'),
'children' => array(
'bobby' => array('age'=>12, 'sex'=>'M'),
'sally' => array('age'=>8, 'sex'=>'F')
),
'CEO'
);
echo http_build_query($data, 'flags_');
?>
this will output : (word wrapped for readability)
user%5Bname%5D=Bob+Smith&user%5Bage%5D=47&user%5Bsex%5D=M& user%5Bdob%5D=5%2F12%2F1956&pastimes%5B0%5D=golf&pastimes%5B1%5D=opera& pastimes%5B2%5D=poker&pastimes%5B3%5D=rap&children%5Bbobby%5D%5Bage%5D=12& children%5Bbobby%5D%5Bsex%5D=M&children%5Bsally%5D%5Bage%5D=8& children%5Bsally%5D%5Bsex%5D=F&flags_0=CEO
Note:
Only the numerically indexed element in the base array "CEO" received a prefix. The other numeric indices, found under pastimes, do not require a string prefix to be legal variable names.
Example #4 Using http_build_query() with an object
<?php
class parentClass {
public $pub = 'publicParent';
protected $prot = 'protectedParent';
private $priv = 'privateParent';
public $pub_bar = Null;
protected $prot_bar = Null;
private $priv_bar = Null;
public function __construct(){
$this->pub_bar = new childClass();
$this->prot_bar = new childClass();
$this->priv_bar = new childClass();
}
}
class childClass {
public $pub = 'publicChild';
protected $prot = 'protectedChild';
private $priv = 'privateChild';
}
$parent = new parentClass();
echo http_build_query($parent);
?>
The above example will output:
pub=publicParent&pub_bar%5Bpub%5D=publicChild
See Also
- parse_str() - Parses the string into variables
- parse_url() - Parse a URL and return its components
- urlencode() - URL-encodes string
- array_walk() - Apply a user supplied function to every member of an array
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