Hi all. Is there an issue with $_GET not handling a Base64-encoded
value correctly? (PHP is 5.1.6)
Am receiving a Base64-encoded value:
theurl.com/index.php?message=xxxxx
and retrieving it with $_GET:
echo $_GET["message"];
xxxxx is a Japanese phrase, that has been encoded into Base64. So is using the
+ symbol:
...OODq+OCou...
but my $_GET is replacing the + with a space:
...OODq OCou...
thus the base64_decode() is failing (displays diamonds with questions marks on
my Mac).
The Base64-encoded string is 156 characters long, if that has any
bearing. My test URL is 230 characters in total, less than the "old" 256 limit.
All I can find online is a reference that PHP will no longer assume
that a space is a +:
<http://ca3.php.net/manual/en/function.base64-decode.php#69298>
but my problem is the opposite - the + symbols are there, but the GET is
removing them.
(And to add a wrinkle, this then goes into a Joomla! page, whose
getVar() command completely removes the +, so I couldn't even do a string
replace, as I don't know where the + should have been!)
Tired of looking at the dark red spot on the wall! Thanks.
George Langley Multimedia Developer Audio/Video Editor Musician,
Arranger, Composer www.georgelangley.ca
