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url_encode_component()

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The function converts characters of the input URL into a format that can be transmitted over the Internet.

Detailed information about URL encoding and decoding can be found here. Differs from url_encode by encoding spaces as '20%' and not as '+'.

Syntax

url_encode_component(url)

Arguments

  • url: input URL (string).

Returns

URL (string) converted into a format that can be transmitted over the Internet.

Examples

let url = @'https://www.bing.com/hello word/';
print original = url, encoded = url_encode_component(url)
original encoded
https://www.bing.com/hello word/ https%3a%2f%2fwww.bing.com%2fhello%20word