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  decode encoded url cerr <ron.eggler@gmail.com> - 2012-07-16 22:47 -0700
    Re: decode encoded url "J.O. Aho" <user@example.net> - 2012-07-17 09:00 +0200
    Re: decode encoded url "Álvaro G. Vicario" <alvaro.NOSPAMTHANX@demogracia.com.invalid> - 2012-07-17 09:52 +0200
      Re: decode encoded url cerr <ron.eggler@gmail.com> - 2012-07-17 06:04 -0700
        Re: decode encoded url Christoph Becker <cmbecker69@gmx.de> - 2012-07-17 17:41 +0200
        Re: decode encoded url "Álvaro G. Vicario" <alvaro.NOSPAMTHANX@demogracia.com.invalid> - 2012-07-18 10:29 +0200
      Re: decode encoded url Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2012-07-17 09:08 -0400
        Re: decode encoded url cerr <ron.eggler@gmail.com> - 2012-07-17 06:57 -0700
          Re: decode encoded url Erwin Moller <erwinmollerusenet@xs4all.nl> - 2012-07-17 16:17 +0200
            Re: decode encoded url "Peter H. Coffin" <hellsop@ninehells.com> - 2012-07-17 09:56 -0500
        Re: decode encoded url Michael Fesser <netizen@gmx.de> - 2012-07-17 17:18 +0200
          Re: decode encoded url Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2012-07-17 15:26 -0400

#6602 — decode encoded url

Hi,

I have a url that refers to a css background like:
url(./sites/all/themes/marinelli/img/backgrounds/men's_and_ladys'_nights.jpg);
But now I'm wondering how I possibly should name that file or how i can decode this string to a url the filesystem & the browser can read?

Thanks for help!
Ron

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#6603

cerr wrote:

> I have a url that refers to a css background like:
> url(./sites/all/themes/marinelli/img/backgrounds/men's_and_ladys'_nights.jpg);
> But now I'm wondering how I possibly should name that file or how i can decode this string to a url the filesystem&  the browser can read?

The browser does it for you.


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   //Aho

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#6605

El 17/07/2012 7:47, cerr escribió/wrote:
> I have a url that refers to a css background like:
> url(./sites/all/themes/marinelli/img/backgrounds/men's_and_ladys'_nights.jpg);
> But now I'm wondering how I possibly should name that file or how i can decode this string to a url the filesystem & the browser can read?

If the string is supposed to be HTML, you need to convert it into plain 
text. It can be extremaly tricky becase the two most obvious functions 
don't seem to work as advertised:

http://es.php.net/manual/en/function.html-entity-decode.php
http://es.php.net/manual/en/function.htmlspecialchars-decode.php

Another alternative is to use mb_convert_encoding():

<?php
$html = 
'url(./sites/all/themes/marinelli/img/backgrounds/men&#039;s_and_ladys&#039;_nights.jpg);';
var_dump(mb_convert_encoding($html, 'UTF-8', 'HTML-ENTITIES'));

Then, it's pretty straightforward to create the file.


If the string is supposed to be plain text already, I see no problem.


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#6616

On Tuesday, July 17, 2012 12:52:53 AM UTC-7, Álvaro G. Vicario wrote:
> El 17/07/2012 7:47, cerr escribió/wrote:
> > I have a url that refers to a css background like:
> > url(./sites/all/themes/marinelli/img/backgrounds/men's_and_ladys'_nights.jpg);
> > But now I'm wondering how I possibly should name that file or how i can decode this string to a url the filesystem & the browser can read?
> 
> If the string is supposed to be HTML, you need to convert it into plain 
> text. It can be extremaly tricky becase the two most obvious functions 
> don't seem to work as advertised:
> 
> http://es.php.net/manual/en/function.html-entity-decode.php
> http://es.php.net/manual/en/function.htmlspecialchars-decode.php
> 
> Another alternative is to use mb_convert_encoding():
> 
> <?php
> $html = 
> 'url(./sites/all/themes/marinelli/img/backgrounds/men's_and_ladys'_nights.jpg);';
> var_dump(mb_convert_encoding($html, 'UTF-8', 'HTML-ENTITIES'));

This doesn't work for me, I got some error:
<b>Parse error</b>:  syntax error, unexpected '=', expecting ')' in <b>/homepages/9/d412202464/htdocs/drupal-7.14/sites/all/themes/marinelli/templates/html.tpl.php</b> on line <b>17</b><br />

> 
> Then, it&#39;s pretty straightforward to create the file.
> 
> 
> If the string is supposed to be plain text already, I see no problem.

It wouldn't link a file called 
men&#039;s_and_ladys&#039;_nights.jpg nor
men's_and_ladys'_nights.jpg

> 
> 
> -- 
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> -- Mi sitio sobre programación web: http://borrame.com
> -- Mi web de humor satinado: http://www.demogracia.com
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#6624

cerr wrote:
> It wouldn't link a file called 
> men's_and_ladys'_nights.jpg nor
> men's_and_ladys'_nights.jpg

That's a strange file name, but you can link to it in (X)HTML by
applying htmlspecialchars() to it, e.g.:

<a href="<?php echo
htmlspecialchars('men&#039;s_and_ladys&#039;_nights.jpg') ?>">Men's and
Ladys' Nights</a>

-- 
Christoph M. Becker

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#6626

El 17/07/2012 15:04, cerr escribió/wrote:
> On Tuesday, July 17, 2012 12:52:53 AM UTC-7, Álvaro G. Vicario wrote:
>> El 17/07/2012 7:47, cerr escribió/wrote:
>> > I have a url that refers to a css background like:
>> > url(./sites/all/themes/marinelli/img/backgrounds/men's_and_ladys'_nights.jpg);
>> > But now I'm wondering how I possibly should name that file or how i can decode this string to a url the filesystem & the browser can read?
>>
>> If the string is supposed to be HTML, you need to convert it into plain
>> text. It can be extremaly tricky becase the two most obvious functions
>> don't seem to work as advertised:
>>
>> http://es.php.net/manual/en/function.html-entity-decode.php
>> http://es.php.net/manual/en/function.htmlspecialchars-decode.php
>>
>> Another alternative is to use mb_convert_encoding():
>>
>> <?php
>> $html =
>> 'url(./sites/all/themes/marinelli/img/backgrounds/men's_and_ladys'_nights.jpg);';
>> var_dump(mb_convert_encoding($html, 'UTF-8', 'HTML-ENTITIES'));
>
> This doesn't work for me, I got some error:
> <b>Parse error</b>:  syntax error, unexpected '=', expecting ')' in <b>/homepages/9/d412202464/htdocs/drupal-7.14/sites/all/themes/marinelli/templates/html.tpl.php</b> on line <b>17</b><br />

I wonder what code you are actually running, given that my snippet has 
somehow grown HTML entities when you've quoted in your answer, but 
that's a good old syntax error. Can't you really fix it?

>> If the string is supposed to be plain text already, I see no problem.
>
> It wouldn't link a file called
> men&#039;s_and_ladys&#039;_nights.jpg nor
> men's_and_ladys'_nights.jpg

I beg your pardon? If the string is plain text, you don't have single 
quotes anywhere: you have literal & characters.


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#6617

On 7/17/2012 3:52 AM, "Álvaro G. Vicario" wrote:
> El 17/07/2012 7:47, cerr escribió/wrote:
>> I have a url that refers to a css background like:
>> url(./sites/all/themes/marinelli/img/backgrounds/men's_and_ladys'_nights.jpg);
>>
>> But now I'm wondering how I possibly should name that file or how i
>> can decode this string to a url the filesystem & the browser can read?
>
> If the string is supposed to be HTML, you need to convert it into plain
> text. It can be extremaly tricky becase the two most obvious functions
> don't seem to work as advertised:
>
> http://es.php.net/manual/en/function.html-entity-decode.php
> http://es.php.net/manual/en/function.htmlspecialchars-decode.php
>
> Another alternative is to use mb_convert_encoding():
>
> <?php
> $html =
> 'url(./sites/all/themes/marinelli/img/backgrounds/men&#039;s_and_ladys&#039;_nights.jpg);';
>
> var_dump(mb_convert_encoding($html, 'UTF-8', 'HTML-ENTITIES'));
>
> Then, it's pretty straightforward to create the file.
>
>
> If the string is supposed to be plain text already, I see no problem.
>
>

It's a URL, so the correct function to use would be urldecode().

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#6618

On Tuesday, July 17, 2012 6:08:05 AM UTC-7, Jerry Stuckle wrote:
> On 7/17/2012 3:52 AM, "�lvaro G. Vicario" wrote:
> > El 17/07/2012 7:47, cerr escribi�/wrote:
> >> I have a url that refers to a css background like:
> >> url(./sites/all/themes/marinelli/img/backgrounds/men's_and_ladys'_nights.jpg);
> >>
> >> But now I'm wondering how I possibly should name that file or how i
> >> can decode this string to a url the filesystem & the browser can read?
> >
> > If the string is supposed to be HTML, you need to convert it into plain
> > text. It can be extremaly tricky becase the two most obvious functions
> > don't seem to work as advertised:
> >
> > http://es.php.net/manual/en/function.html-entity-decode.php
> > http://es.php.net/manual/en/function.htmlspecialchars-decode.php
> >
> > Another alternative is to use mb_convert_encoding():
> >
> > <?php
> > $html =
> > 'url(./sites/all/themes/marinelli/img/backgrounds/men's_and_ladys'_nights.jpg);';
> >
> > var_dump(mb_convert_encoding($html, 'UTF-8', 'HTML-ENTITIES'));
> >
> > Then, it's pretty straightforward to create the file.
> >
> >
> > If the string is supposed to be plain text already, I see no problem.
> >
> >
> 
> It's a URL, so the correct function to use would be urldecode().

But when I name the file
men's_and_ladys'_nights.jpg (what erldecode() gives me), it doesn't work...

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#6619

On 7/17/2012 3:57 PM, cerr wrote:
> On Tuesday, July 17, 2012 6:08:05 AM UTC-7, Jerry Stuckle wrote:
>> On 7/17/2012 3:52 AM, "�lvaro G. Vicario" wrote:
>> > El 17/07/2012 7:47, cerr escribi�/wrote:
>> >> I have a url that refers to a css background like:
>> >> url(./sites/all/themes/marinelli/img/backgrounds/men's_and_ladys'_nights.jpg);
>> >>
>> >> But now I'm wondering how I possibly should name that file or how i
>> >> can decode this string to a url the filesystem & the browser can read?
>> >
>> > If the string is supposed to be HTML, you need to convert it into plain
>> > text. It can be extremaly tricky becase the two most obvious functions
>> > don't seem to work as advertised:
>> >
>> > http://es.php.net/manual/en/function.html-entity-decode.php
>> > http://es.php.net/manual/en/function.htmlspecialchars-decode.php
>> >
>> > Another alternative is to use mb_convert_encoding():
>> >
>> > <?php
>> > $html =
>> > 'url(./sites/all/themes/marinelli/img/backgrounds/men's_and_ladys'_nights.jpg);';
>> >
>> > var_dump(mb_convert_encoding($html, 'UTF-8', 'HTML-ENTITIES'));
>> >
>> > Then, it's pretty straightforward to create the file.
>> >
>> >
>> > If the string is supposed to be plain text already, I see no problem.
>> >
>> >
>>
>> It's a URL, so the correct function to use would be urldecode().
>
> But when I name the file
> men's_and_ladys'_nights.jpg (what erldecode() gives me), it doesn't work...
>


The string was 2 times encoded.
Try to decode it again.
echo urldecode("men's_and_ladys'_nights.jpg");
gives
men's_and_ladys'_nights.jpg

I wonder why it was encoded like that?

Regards,
Erwin Moller

-- 
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evidence."
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#6621

On Tue, 17 Jul 2012 16:17:45 +0200, Erwin Moller wrote:
> On 7/17/2012 3:57 PM, cerr wrote:
>> On Tuesday, July 17, 2012 6:08:05 AM UTC-7, Jerry Stuckle wrote:
>>> On 7/17/2012 3:52 AM, "???lvaro G. Vicario" wrote:
>>> > El 17/07/2012 7:47, cerr escribi???/wrote:
>>> >> I have a url that refers to a css background like:
>>> >> url(./sites/all/themes/marinelli/img/backgrounds/men's_and_ladys'_nights.jpg);
>>> >>
>>> >> But now I'm wondering how I possibly should name that file or how i
>>> >> can decode this string to a url the filesystem & the browser can read?
>>> >
>>> > If the string is supposed to be HTML, you need to convert it into plain
>>> > text. It can be extremaly tricky becase the two most obvious functions
>>> > don't seem to work as advertised:
>>> >
>>> > http://es.php.net/manual/en/function.html-entity-decode.php
>>> > http://es.php.net/manual/en/function.htmlspecialchars-decode.php
>>> >
>>> > Another alternative is to use mb_convert_encoding():
>>> >
>>> > <?php
>>> > $html =
>>> > 'url(./sites/all/themes/marinelli/img/backgrounds/men's_and_ladys'_nights.jpg);';
>>> >
>>> > var_dump(mb_convert_encoding($html, 'UTF-8', 'HTML-ENTITIES'));
>>> >
>>> > Then, it's pretty straightforward to create the file.
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > If the string is supposed to be plain text already, I see no problem.
>>> >
>>> >
>>>
>>> It's a URL, so the correct function to use would be urldecode().
>>
>> But when I name the file
>> men's_and_ladys'_nights.jpg (what erldecode() gives me), it doesn't work...
>>
>
>
> The string was 2 times encoded.
> Try to decode it again.
> echo urldecode("men's_and_ladys'_nights.jpg");
> gives
> men's_and_ladys'_nights.jpg
>
> I wonder why it was encoded like that?

Heh. You've SEEN what his editor does to quoting, and the lack of
concern exhibited over it... The double-encoding might well have been
caused just PASTING the single-encoded text.

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#6620

.oO(Jerry Stuckle)

>On 7/17/2012 3:52 AM, "Álvaro G. Vicario" wrote:
>> El 17/07/2012 7:47, cerr escribió/wrote:
>>> I have a url that refers to a css background like:
>>> url(./sites/all/themes/marinelli/img/backgrounds/men's_and_ladys'_nights.jpg);
>>>
>>> But now I'm wondering how I possibly should name that file or how i
>>> can decode this string to a url the filesystem & the browser can read?
>>
>> If the string is supposed to be HTML, you need to convert it into plain
>> text. It can be extremaly tricky becase the two most obvious functions
>> don't seem to work as advertised:
>>
>> http://es.php.net/manual/en/function.html-entity-decode.php
>> http://es.php.net/manual/en/function.htmlspecialchars-decode.php
>>
>> Another alternative is to use mb_convert_encoding():
>>
>> <?php
>> $html =
>> 'url(./sites/all/themes/marinelli/img/backgrounds/men&#039;s_and_ladys&#039;_nights.jpg);';
>>
>> var_dump(mb_convert_encoding($html, 'UTF-8', 'HTML-ENTITIES'));
>>
>> Then, it's pretty straightforward to create the file.
>>
>>
>> If the string is supposed to be plain text already, I see no problem.
>>
>>
>
>It's a URL, so the correct function to use would be urldecode().

This is not a URL encoding, but HTML character references.

Micha

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#6625

On 7/17/2012 11:18 AM, Michael Fesser wrote:
> .oO(Jerry Stuckle)
>
>> On 7/17/2012 3:52 AM, "Álvaro G. Vicario" wrote:
>>> El 17/07/2012 7:47, cerr escribió/wrote:
>>>> I have a url that refers to a css background like:
>>>> url(./sites/all/themes/marinelli/img/backgrounds/men's_and_ladys'_nights.jpg);
>>>>
>>>> But now I'm wondering how I possibly should name that file or how i
>>>> can decode this string to a url the filesystem & the browser can read?
>>>
>>> If the string is supposed to be HTML, you need to convert it into plain
>>> text. It can be extremaly tricky becase the two most obvious functions
>>> don't seem to work as advertised:
>>>
>>> http://es.php.net/manual/en/function.html-entity-decode.php
>>> http://es.php.net/manual/en/function.htmlspecialchars-decode.php
>>>
>>> Another alternative is to use mb_convert_encoding():
>>>
>>> <?php
>>> $html =
>>> 'url(./sites/all/themes/marinelli/img/backgrounds/men&#039;s_and_ladys&#039;_nights.jpg);';
>>>
>>> var_dump(mb_convert_encoding($html, 'UTF-8', 'HTML-ENTITIES'));
>>>
>>> Then, it's pretty straightforward to create the file.
>>>
>>>
>>> If the string is supposed to be plain text already, I see no problem.
>>>
>>>
>>
>> It's a URL, so the correct function to use would be urldecode().
>
> This is not a URL encoding, but HTML character references.
>
> Micha
>

Ah, you're right.  I got caught up in the fact it was in a URL.

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