include value with '&' in querystring [duplicate]

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
– Class, Commented Apr 4, 2013 at 3:47
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
– Alexei Levenkov, Commented Apr 4, 2013 at 3:54

PSL · Accepted Answer · 2013-04-04 03:50:07Z

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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 4, 2013 at 3:50

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can i do it like this: string url = HttpUtility.UrlEncode("localhost:1256/4.market.ph.local/WEP/…;?

Yes you can. What this just does is that it makes any string url safe...

Sounten · Accepted Answer · 2013-04-04 03:46:00Z

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

answered Apr 4, 2013 at 3:46

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thanks. may be i'll just replace ampersand with %26 because im using C# language. ty for the info.

If it's C#, you can use Server.HtmlEncode(string s)