SPACE turns into %20.. what is this called?

[Kenji4861]

SOLVED - Thanks guys!


This happens in our URL bar.

SPACE turns into %20
< turns into %3c

what is this process called? I would like research on it online.

 

[Descartes]

It's called URL encoding, and it simply translates the characters not valid in a URL into their hexadecimal equivalent preceded by a %.

 

[Ameesh]

url encoding

 

[fs5]

http://www.google.com/search?q=url+escape+codes&sourceid=mozilla-search&start=0&start=0&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8

 

[Ameesh]

own3d

 

[Descartes]

Here is the RFC if you want to know more about what constitutes a valid URL.

 

[Kenji4861]

Dang.. thanks a lot guys =)