Level 102
You can just use urldecode
$query = urldecode('category%5B%5D=garden&tags%5B%5D=shrubs'); //category[]=garden&tags[]=shrubs
Oct 9, 2020
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Level 6
URL Encoding - to preg replace or not
After receiving some great tips and advice from the community, I wanted to ask peoples view on whether to leave URL parameters encoded (but less visually appealing) or to pre_replace to tidy them up.
I am not adverse to either, but just wondered whether their was any disadvatage/advatgaes or security related concerns - or is it just best to keep the parameter encoded as per the query builder
Current:
mysite.com/posts?category%5B%5D=garden&tags%5B%5D=shrubs
Current preg_replace to "tidy the URL" to remove the index within the array but to keep the URL encoded
$query = preg_replace('/%5B[0-9]+%5D/', '%5B%5D', $query);
Possible preg_replace to give a "Best vanity" / clean URL
$query = preg_replace('/%5B[0-9]+%5D/', '[]', $query);
This version would produce URLs like
mysite.com/posts?category[]=garden&tags[]=shrubs
Does anybody have any thoughts on tidying the URLs or does exposing the array as square bracket params open up security issues?
Cheers
Level 6
Thank you @sinnbeck is their any advatange/disadvantage to this, I would prefer to decode to clean the URI but wan't sure if there was a reason that the query builder didn't decode by default and thus is their a reason not to decode. :)
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