rawurlencode

FunctionParams and return types changed in PHP 8.0

URL-encode according to RFC 3986.

PHP 5
PHP 7
PHP 8.0
Improved
PHP 8.1
PHP 8.2-8.3
PHP 8.4
PHP 8.5
PHP 8.6

rawurlencode Function synopsis

rawurlencode(string $string): string

Parameters

$string

Typestring

The URL to be encoded.

Return value

Typestring

Returns a string in which all non-alphanumeric characters except -_.~ have been replaced with a percent (%) sign followed by two hex digits. This is the encoding described in RFC 3986 for protecting literal characters from being interpreted as special URL delimiters, and for protecting URLs from being mangled by transmission media with character conversions (like some email systems).

Changes to the rawurlencode Function

PHP 8.0

  • Return type added: string
  • Parameter name of parameter #1 changed: $str to $string
  • Parameter type added for parameter #1 ($string): string
- rawurlencode($str)
+ rawurlencode(string $string): string

rawurlencode Function Availability

PHP VersionAvailability
PHP 8.6Upcoming Release Yes
PHP 8.5Supported (Latest) Yes
PHP 8.4Supported Yes
PHP 8.3Security-Fixes Only Yes
PHP 8.2Security-Fixes Only Yes
PHP 8.1Unsupported Yes
PHP 8.0Unsupported Yes
PHP 7.4Unsupported Yes
PHP 7.3Unsupported Yes
PHP 7.2Unsupported Yes
PHP 7.1Unsupported Yes
PHP 7.0Unsupported Yes
PHP 5.6Unsupported Yes
PHP 5.5Unsupported Yes
PHP 5.4Unsupported Yes
PHP 5.3Unsupported Yes