Programming PHP, 3rd Edition

Name

http_build_query

Synopsis

string http_build_query(mixed values[, string prefix [, string arg_separator
    [, int enc_type ]]] )

Returns a URL-encoded query string from values. The array values can be either a numerically indexed or an associative array (or a combined). Because strictly numeric names may be illegal in some languages interpreting the query string on the other side (PHP, for example), if you use numeric indices in values, you should also provide prefix. The value of prefix is prepended to all numeric names in the resulting query string. The arg_separator allows for assigning a customized delimiter and the enc_type option allows for selecting different encoding types.