Thanks for the info, it was really helpfull. One question though, is it necessary to first encode my data with the base64 algo, or can I skip that step and immediately urlencode my data? Dirk On 2/21/06, Richard Lynch <ceo@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > You probably should be URL-encoding your data in the first place... > http://php.net/urlencode > > <?php > $data = "&whatever funky characters you want": > $data_url = urlencode($data); > > //WRONG: > $URL = "http://example.com/$data"; > > //RIGHT: > $URL = "http://example.com/$data_url";; > > If it's not feasible for your C++ application to replicate urlencode() > then you may be able to get what you want with that http_raw_post_data > stuff. You'll have to search on php.net for something not unlike "raw > post data" until you find it, as I don't have the ULR in my head. > > But you'd be 100% better off to follow the standards and url-encode > the data in the first place -- Especially if you're ever going to > re-use this code elsewhere, and MOST especially if you ever might want > to hook up YOUR code to another person's server that actually follows > the standards. > > On Tue, February 21, 2006 12:40 pm, Dirk Vanden Boer wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I have a C++ application that posts binary data to a php script that I > > created using libcurl. Everything works fine except when my binary > > data > > happens to start with the '&' symbol. In that case I can't read the > > http > > post data (isset returns false). > > > > The post argument then looks like data=&ÑÚA > > Reading the post is done like this: > > if (isset($_POST['data']) > > Is there a way to fix this problem? > > > > Thanks in advance > > Dirk > > > > -- > > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > > > > > > -- > Like Music? > http://l-i-e.com/artists.htm > > > -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
