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URL Encoding

When form information is returned to the HTTP server, it is encoded into a format called (using MIME terminology):
application/x-www-form-urlencoded
...or simply "URL-encoded". In this format:
 

More information

Some sites with good information on URL encoding include:
http://www.blooberry.com/indexdot/html/topics/urlencoding.htm
http://www.freesoft.org/CIE/RFC/1738/4.htm
 
Lecture 06: Applications #3.2: HTTP Copyright © 2003 P.Scott, La Trobe University Bendigo.



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