asked on urlencode not working correctly
Hi all, I know some of you have used Clickatell to send SMS.
I'm trying to send a £ in the URL, but e.g. £40 is received as A£40
I'm doing the urlencode before adding to the URI:
I have tried £ htmlentities etc but no luck so far.
I'm trying to send a £ in the URL, but e.g. £40 is received as A£40
I'm doing the urlencode before adding to the URI:
$text_message = html("FROM FOBG, DO NOT REPLY. ".$newfirstname.", as at ".$todays_date.", you owe the club £".$txtAmount.". You have until ".$due_date." to pay.");
echo $text_message;
$text = urlencode($text_message);
echo $text;
I have tried £ htmlentities etc but no luck so far.
PHPHTTP Protocol
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Colin Brazier
ASKER
Thanks. It's hard to test as I can't get a signal so cannot send to myself!
ASKER
I think the issue is putting the text string together.
"you owe the club £".$txtAmount.". You have until ".$due_date." to pay"
is received as
"you owe the club £10. You have until 08 April 2020 to pay"
Can't get my head around it!
C.
"you owe the club £".$txtAmount.". You have until ".$due_date." to pay"
is received as
"you owe the club £10. You have until 08 April 2020 to pay"
Can't get my head around it!
C.
ASKER
Even clickatell support could not solve this, so I am closing the question. Thanks again for responding.
Here's clickatell support's advice:
I see your problem, Unicode will not work for dynamic text, as the £ should display correctly without URL encoding in the UK. If you are making use of a third party application I would suggest submitting messages using HTTP to avoid any URL encoding issues.
Here's clickatell support's advice:
I see your problem, Unicode will not work for dynamic text, as the £ should display correctly without URL encoding in the UK. If you are making use of a third party application I would suggest submitting messages using HTTP to avoid any URL encoding issues.
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what happens if you send it just as text body and not as an URL?