rawurlencode
Function • Params and return types changed in PHP 8.0
URL-encode according to RFC 3986.
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:
$strto$string - Parameter type added for parameter #1 (
$string):string
- rawurlencode($str)
+ rawurlencode(string $string): string rawurlencode Function Availability
rawurlencode Function Availability| PHP Version | Availability |
|---|---|
| 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 |