Dealing with Whitespaces in url using PHP or codeigniter

Question

I am working on a project that requires me to take post code from URL. Since the postcode has got space in it,I have two options to achieve this: 1) Either construct a URL with postcode having a space like this:

  http://myhostname/seven/locator/PC1%201LA

OR

2) Grab postcode from url and Insert whitespace in the decoded url:

 http://myhostname/seven/locator/PC11LA

But i am not sure how to do as my Post code could be like this: MM11 5PW instead PC1 1LA

How can i achieve and sort this problem ?How can i send whitespaces in the url so that it could give me post code like these: MM1 5PW or PC11 6MP????

NOTE :I am using QR code reader to naviagte to website.The + plus sign is not recognised by the QR reader.

@tereško.I am using QR code reader to naviagte to website.The + plus sign is not recognised by the reader.Any other idea? — Bilal Khalid
– Bilal Khalid, Commented Jan 30, 2013 at 9:16
Each country has different post code format (for exampl, Latvia has LV-0000 format) , which means that, if you cannot use + signs, then you will have to use %20. There is no way around it. — tereško
– tereško, Commented Jan 30, 2013 at 9:25

RWC · Accepted Answer · 2013-01-31 13:29:18Z

1

Creating the url with the postcode:

<?php

$postCode = 'MM11 5PW';
$url = 'http://myhostname/seven/locator?postcode=' . urlencode($postCode );

?>

Somewhere in your locator controller...

<?php

$postCode = urldecode($_GET['postcode']);
echo 'Posted postcode: ' . $postCode;

?>

edited Jan 31, 2013 at 13:29

answered Jan 30, 2013 at 15:39

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Sven · Accepted Answer · 2013-01-30 09:10:59Z

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Percent-encoded spaces "%20" work well.

But I'd rather send them inside the query string: http://hostname/seven/locator?postcode=PC1%201LA

answered Jan 30, 2013 at 9:10

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shaggy Over a year ago

Send them as query string? Why?

Bilal Khalid Over a year ago

But I am using QR code reader to navigate to website.The + or other symbols are not recognised by the reader.

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