phpparse-url

parse_url replacing the plus sign with a space

$url = parse_url('https://plus.google.com/+erikedgren');
$address = ltrim(rtrim($url['path'], '/'), '/');
echo $address;

$address outputs plus.google.com/ erikedgren. Why? And how can I solve this problem?

EDIT

The code above outputs +erikedgren. But when I replace the address in $url with $_GET['u'] (from parse_url(https://plu...) to parse_url($_GET['u'])), I get plus.google.com/ erikedgren. Let me explain how my system works.

When I click on a link on my website on my local server (I haven't released the update yet), the URL for extern addresses looks like this: http://192.168.1.135/erik-edgren/url/https://plus.google.com/+erikedgren.

The last part with the extern address, is what $_GET['u'] is fetching. Here's how the RewriteRule looks like for it: RewriteRule ^url/(.*)$ get-url.php?u=$ 1 (no spaces between $ and 1).

Solution

  • Based on your updated question, this appears to work for me:

    $url = parse_url($_GET['u']);
$address = trim(rawurldecode(urlencode($url['path'])), '/');
echo $address;

    I also replaced ltrim and rtrim, since trim will remove from both the beginning and end.