include value with '&' in querystring

Question

I have to write this data in querystring:

  http://localhost:1256/4.market.ph.local/WEP/Add.cshtml?data=me+&+you

I got an error because of that symbol '&' i used.

you can't use & because its a delimiter for splitting up variables eg: `foo=sdfs&bar=sdf` otherwise you wouldn't know what the individual variables were — Class, Apr 04 '13 at 03:47
I've changed title of you post - feel free to revert (please try keep thank you note out - accept/upvote answers as thanks intead) — Alexei Levenkov, Apr 04 '13 at 03:54

score 5 · Accepted Answer · answered Apr 04 '13 at 03:50

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In c# you can use this:-

HttpUtility.UrlEncode("http://localhost:1256/4.market.ph.local/WEP/Add.cshtml?data=me+&+you");

HttpUtility is a part of System.Web and this will ensure an of the non permitted query string char are url Encoded.

Once you do this you will get something like this http%3a%2f%2flocalhost%3a1256%2f4.market.ph.local%2fWEP%2fAdd.cshtml%3fdata%3dme%2b%26%2byou

On the receiver just decode it back.

answered Apr 04 '13 at 03:50

PSL

can i do it like this: string url = HttpUtility.UrlEncode("http://localhost:1256/4.market.ph.local/WEP/Add.cshtml?data=me+&+you").ToString();? – David De Chavez Apr 04 '13 at 03:56
Yes you can. What this just does is that it makes any string url safe... – PSL Apr 04 '13 at 03:59

score 3 · Answer 2 · answered Apr 04 '13 at 03:46

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Use urlencode($yourstring) or if you are hard coding it, use %26 to represent the ampersand.

answered Apr 04 '13 at 03:46

Sounten

thanks. may be i'll just replace ampersand with %26 because im using C# language. ty for the info. – David De Chavez Apr 04 '13 at 03:48
If it's C#, you can use `Server.HtmlEncode(string s)` – Sounten Apr 04 '13 at 03:51

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