Passing arrays via query string in wordpress

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I'm building an application using a significant amount of custom PHP running on top of Wordpress in which I pass arrays over via GET query parameters. The query strings I generate look like this:

http://mydomain.com/locations.php?filters&f[184]=1&f[197]=1&f[235]=1&f[912]=1&setPage=1

Unfortunately, wordpress strips the [ and ] from the query string leaving this:

/locations.php?filters&f184=1&f197=1&f235=1&f912=1&setPage=1

Does anyone know how to prevent this from happening?

Thanks in advance, Dave

Geuis · Accepted Answer · 2011-02-05 21:52:17Z

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In php, http://php.net/manual/en/function.urlencode.php.

In javascript, http://www.w3schools.com/jsref/jsref_encodeURIComponent.asp

answered Feb 5, 2011 at 21:52

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David Erwin Over a year ago

Thanks. I've always used urlencode on the values of query string parameters but never thought to use it on the parameter name itself. Worked like a charm!

animuson · Accepted Answer · 2012-02-23 21:52:09Z

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Use http_build_query( $args ) to build your URL.

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