echo '<a href="%22sucks%22">test</a>';

it links to <A href="http://localhost/"sucks">http://localhost/"sucks"</a> instead.

But I want to link to http://localhost/%22sucks%22

How do i resolve this?

<?php
echo "<a href=\"/%22sucks%22\">test</a>\n";
?>

doesn't work.

it still links to http://localhost/"sucks"

I have no idea why it convert %22 to "

%22 is the hex code for "
Just like %20 is the hex code for a space

http://www.blooberry.com/indexdot/html/topics/urlencoding.htm

This should work... it escapes the first %-sign (HEX 25) so it doesn't get translated:

echo "<a href=\"%2522sucks%2522\">test</a>\n";

// or

echo '<a href="%2522sucks%2522">test</a>' . "\n";


But seriously... why?! :smash:

also check out the urlencode method. It might take care of the exscaping for you.

http://us3.php.net/urlencode

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oh ****. this is really weird stuff.

previously, when i click on a link

http://localhost/"sucks"

my address bar will show http://localhost/"sucks"

Now,

my address bar shows http://localhost/%22sucks%22, which is what i want.