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Re: Rant: http_build_query() and arg_separator.output

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Arno Welzel wrote:

> Ben Bacarisse schrieb am 2016-08-30 um 16:10:
>> We may be taking at cross purposes because we seem to be agreeing but
>> using different emphasis.  Yes, it is usually "&" but unless is always
>> is, you need to be able to specify it.  I've seen services (rather old
>> ones now) that used ";".  In fact ";" was specified in some very early
>> RFCs for URLs for what were then called URL parameters (IIRC).  This was
> 
> Well ";" was mentioned for "FTP url-path" to add *one* optional
> parameter to the file path in RFC1738:
> 
> <https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc1738#section-3.2.2>
> 
> But I don't think that this is the reason for PHP to offer a runtime
> configuration for the separator in URLs.

You are correct.  The reason is that people/Web applications have used “;” 
and perhaps other parameter separators in *HTTP* URLs (IIRC I have also seen 
“|”).  Ben already told you, and I can confirm it.
 
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Rant: http_build_query() and arg_separator.output Arno Welzel <usenet@arnowelzel.de> - 2016-08-26 09:05 +0200
  Re: Rant: http_build_query() and arg_separator.output "Christoph M. Becker" <cmbecker69@arcor.de> - 2016-08-26 11:48 +0200
    Re: Rant: http_build_query() and arg_separator.output Arno Welzel <usenet@arnowelzel.de> - 2016-08-29 07:43 +0200
      Re: Rant: http_build_query() and arg_separator.output Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2016-08-29 13:16 +0100
        Re: Rant: http_build_query() and arg_separator.output Arno Welzel <usenet@arnowelzel.de> - 2016-08-30 08:39 +0200
          Re: Rant: http_build_query() and arg_separator.output Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2016-08-30 15:10 +0100
            Re: Rant: http_build_query() and arg_separator.output Arno Welzel <usenet@arnowelzel.de> - 2016-09-01 08:43 +0200
              Re: Rant: http_build_query() and arg_separator.output Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2016-09-07 22:18 +0200
      Re: Rant: http_build_query() and arg_separator.output "Christoph M. Becker" <cmbecker69@arcor.de> - 2016-08-29 14:53 +0200
        Re: Rant: http_build_query() and arg_separator.output Arno Welzel <usenet@arnowelzel.de> - 2016-09-01 08:53 +0200

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