phpurlstringgetbase64

Passing base64 encoded strings in URL

Is it safe to pass raw base64 encoded strings via GET parameters?

Solution

  • No, you would need to url-encode it, since base64 strings can contain the "+", "=" and "/" characters which could alter the meaning of your data - look like a sub-folder.

    Valid base64 characters are below.

    ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz0123456789+/=