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UrlEncode of Hebrew characters

It turns out that the iUrlEncode and iContentUrl function in the WinInet extender may not properly UrlEncode some foreign character sets, such as Arabic and Hebrew.

The attached code helps in replicating the iURLEncode and iContentUrl functions for the Hebrew characterset.

From: Yossi_Shalev yossi@securenet.co.il


;encode the query data to url format
#DefineFunction QueryEncode( QueryString )
   
   Heb="ú ù ø ÷ ö õ ô ó ò ñ ð ï î í ì ë ê é è ç æ å ä ã â á à"
   ;UrlHeb ="%D7%90+%D7%91+%D7%92+%D7%93+%D7%94+%D7%95+%D7%96+%D7%97+%D7%98+%D7%99+%D7%9A+%D7%9B+%D7%9C+%D7%9D+%D7%9E+%D7%9F+%D7%A0+%D7%A1+%D7%A2+%D7%A3+%D7%A4+%D7%A5+%D7%A6+%D7%A7+%D7%A8+%D7%A9+%D7%AA"
   UrlHeb ="%%D7%%90+%%D7%%91+%%D7%%92+%%D7%%93+%%D7%%94+%%D7%%95+%%D7%%96+%%D7%%97+%%D7%%98+%%D7%%99+%%D7%%9A+%%D7%%9B+%%D7%%9C+%%D7%%9D+%%D7%%9E+%%D7%%9F+%%D7%%A0+%%D7%%A1+%%D7%%A2+%%D7%%A3+%%D7%%A4+%%D7%%A5+%%D7%%A6+%%D7%%A7+%%D7%%A8+%%D7%%A9+%%D7%%AA"
   
   sSize = StrLen( QueryString )
   
   UrlTranslated = ""
   
   HebCount=ItemCount( UrlHeb, "+" )+1
   
   For u=1 To sSize
      cChar = StrSub( QueryString, u, 1 ) 
      hPos = ItemLocate( cChar, Heb, " " )
      If hPos!=0
         UrlTranslated=StrCat(UrlTranslated, ItemExtract( HebCount-hPos, UrlHeb, "+" ) )
      Else
         UrlTranslated=StrCat(UrlTranslated, cChar)
      EndIf
   Next
   
   Drop( Heb, UrlHeb, sSize, cChar, hPos )

Return UrlTranslated
#EndSubRoutine



Article ID:   W15876
File Created: 2011:05:13:13:53:30
Last Updated: 2011:05:13:13:53:30