On this page there are many abbreviation / acronym entries:
Acronyms & Abbreviations: D
They are generated in PHP:
PHP Code:
<a href="/define/<?php echo rawurlencode($abbreviation['title'])?>/">
<strong><?php echo $abbreviation['title']?></strong>
</a>
I used rawurlencode because many acronyms contain bizarre characters such as #, & and even /.
And the URL requests such as:
What does DA&E stand for? - 1 Acronym Definitions & Meanings
Would first be fed to rawurldecode():
PHP Code:
$acronym = rawurldecode('DA%26E'); // $acronym would be 'DA&E'.
And then used in database queries.
While DA&E is all right, DA/C is not. Try this URL
http://abbreviations.wordcrow.com/define/DA%2FC/ and you would end up with
Abbreviations & Acronyms Dictionary - Find meanings and definitions of acronyms and abbreviations. which is an error page.
I can extend more code to recognize /define/DA/C/ but it's just weird and non-sensible. I tried both Chrome and Firefox and they all automatically convert DA%2FC to DA/C. But with DA%26E, they don't.
What am I doing wrong? Ain't that / already encoded into '%2F'?? Really weird. Any help would be appreciated!
How to pass slash / in an URL?
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