I have a string:
$fonts = "Arial:400";
When I use that in a URL, the colon prints as %3A. How can I escape the colon so that it prints as :? I have tried preg_replace and urlencode with no luck. I'm sure its simple but I have searched.
Asked
Active
Viewed 1.5k times
0
WordPress Mike
- 448
- 2
- 6
- 21
-
did you try urldecode ? – Andy Jones Sep 27 '13 at 21:03
-
`Arial:400` is not a string. `"Arial:400"` is though. – ddavison Sep 27 '13 at 21:04
-
Please visit next: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/332872/how-to-encode-a-url-in-javascript – Eduardo Cuomo Sep 27 '13 at 21:04
-
You want to print url or put the colon contained url in address bar? – Vikas Arora Sep 27 '13 at 21:04
-
2@EduardoCuomo thats js, not php – ddavison Sep 27 '13 at 21:04
-
@EduardoCuomo thats js, not php Sorry! http://php.net/manual/es/function.urlencode.php – Eduardo Cuomo Sep 27 '13 at 21:13
-
Yes, I have tried urldecode as well. @vkas, I need the the colon to print in the url. – WordPress Mike Sep 27 '13 at 21:13
-
@EduardoCuomo urlencode isnt doing the trick. – WordPress Mike Sep 27 '13 at 21:16
-
Print where? In the location bar? Inside the page? – Wooble Sep 27 '13 at 22:17
-
The url is being echoed into a stylesheet link in the head of the document. – WordPress Mike Sep 27 '13 at 22:37
1 Answers
3
You should be using urlencode and substitute the %3a with :
$url = urlencode($url);
$url = str_replace("%3A",":",$url);
nbaroz
- 126
- 1
- 5