URL encoding the space character: + or %20?
As the aforementioned RFC does not include any reference of encoding spaces as +, I guess using %20 is the way to go today. For example, "%20" is the percent-encoding for the binary
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As the aforementioned RFC does not include any reference of encoding spaces as +, I guess using %20 is the way to go today. For example, "%20" is the percent-encoding for the binary
How to encode query string space with %20 instead of + ? Because System.Web HttpUtility.UrlEncode() gives the space with +.
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312 A bit of explaining as to what that %2520 is : The common space character is encoded as %20 as you noted yourself. The % character is encoded as %25. The way you get
Sometimes the spaces get URL encoded to the + sign, and some other times to %20. What is the difference and why should this happen?
I am interested in knowing why ''%20'' is used as a space in URLs, particularly why %20 was used and why we even need it in the first place.
@MetaByter I think it is more technically correct to phrase the question as "In a URL, should I encode the spaces using %20 or + in the query part of a URL?" because while the example you show
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