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DaWei · May 8th, 2006, 6:37 AM

Using urlencode merely encodes troublesome characters. You use urldecode on the other end. You are coding the data in a different way, so that's technically 'changing' it, but you aren't changing the content, just the form. What do you think encryption/decryption does? I don't know whether it's you or your client/teacher/boss, but someone is being silly.

May 8th, 2006, 6:37 AM	#6
DaWei Resident Grouch Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 6,453 Rep Power: 10	Using urlencode merely encodes troublesome characters. You use urldecode on the other end. You are coding the data in a different way, so that's technically 'changing' it, but you aren't changing the content, just the form. What do you think encryption/decryption does? I don't know whether it's you or your client/teacher/boss, but someone is being silly. __________________ Abstraction doesn't make it impossible to write bad code; it makes it possible to write superior code. Contributor's Corner: Grumpy on C++ Exceptions DaWei on Pointers