urlEncodedFormat Code Examples and CFML Documentation

urlEncodedFormat

Generates a URL-encoded string. For example, it replaces spaces
with %20, and non-alphanumeric characters with equivalent
hexadecimal escape sequences. Passes arbitrary strings within a
URL.

urlEncodedFormat(String [, charset]) → returns string

Discouraged: The continued use of this function is discouraged. It is recommended that you use EncodeForURL for all new applications.

Argument Reference

String string
Required

A string or a variable that contains one

charset string

The character encoding in which the string is encoded.

Values:

utf-8
iso-8859-1
windows-1252
us-ascii
shift_jis
iso-2022-jp
euc-jp
euc-kr
big5
euc-cn
utf-16

Examples

Sample code invoking the urlEncodedFormat function

Simple urlEncodedFormat Example

It returns url encoded string.

writeOutput(URLEncodedFormat('This is a string with special character.'));

Expected Result: This%20is%20string%20with%20special%20character%2E

urlEncodedFormat

Discouraged: The continued use of this function is discouraged. It is recommended that you use EncodeForURL for all new applications.

Argument Reference

String string Required

charset string

Examples Add An Example Sample code invoking the urlEncodedFormat function

Simple urlEncodedFormat Example

String string
Required

Examples
Sample code invoking the urlEncodedFormat function