Question

I’ve got this simple question… If you’ve got spaces in the URL $_GET, lets say
"page=about us", and if you then use this code IF($_GET['page']=='about us'). Would that work? Or do you have to use IF($_GET['page']=='about%20us')?

Thanks for your time!

Answer 1

Your browser converts the literal space in URLs into a + sign – before sending a HTTP request. When PHP sees that very + sign, it will become a space again for $_GET.

So, yes, it will work when comparing it against == "about us". Don’t compare against the %20. (That’s a valid, but unlikely encoding in URLs anyway.)

Sidenode. It’s best not to rely on browser magic. When outputting the link, embed the + in place of spaces yourself.