Does a `+` in a URL scheme/host/path represent a space?
You can find a nice list of corresponding URL encoded characters on W3Schools. + becomes %2B space becomes %20
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Get fragment (value after hash ‘#’) from a URL [closed]
If you want to get the value after the hash mark or anchor as shown in a user’s browser: This isn’t possible with “standard” HTTP as this value is never sent to the server (hence it won’t be available in $_SERVER[“REQUEST_URI”] or similar predefined variables). You would need some sort of JavaScript magic on the … Read more
Characters allowed in a URL
EDIT: As @Jukka K. Korpela correctly points out, RFC 1738 was updated by RFC 3986. This has expanded and clarified the characters valid for host, unfortunately it’s not easily copied and pasted, but I’ll do my best. In first matched order: host = IP-literal / IPv4address / reg-name IP-literal = “[” ( IPv6address / IPvFuture … Read more
URL encoding the space character: + or %20?
From Wikipedia (emphasis and link added): When data that has been entered into HTML forms is submitted, the form field names and values are encoded and sent to the server in an HTTP request message using method GET or POST, or, historically, via email. The encoding used by default is based on a very early … Read more
How to get Url Hash (#) from server side
We had a situation where we needed to persist the URL hash across ASP.Net post backs. As the browser does not send the hash to the server by default, the only way to do it is to use some Javascript: When the form submits, grab the hash (window.location.hash) and store it in a server-side hidden … Read more