Changing %20 in PHP

[Jerome Scuggs]

OK, So I have a nice script set up that outputs what's playing in iTunes to a templated PHP page. And just for shits, I made it so each Artist - Song Title links to allmusic.com's search page.

Problem: AM.com doesn't use %20, they use |. for example:
http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?P...20Decemberists

http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?P...e|Decemberists

So my question: How do i set the PHP script to output spaces as | instead of %20 ?

[schope]

rawurldecode()

php.net/rawurldecode

[Jerome Scuggs]

Well I'm mainly looking for a hunk of code that would transform the %20's to |.

<?php

$filename = "tracks.txt";

//length issues
function truncate ($string,$maxlength) { if (strlen($string)<=$maxlength) {
            return $string; } else { return substr($string,0,($maxlength-1))."..."; }
}

//write info
function addHistory($track, $artist,$genre, $album){
    global $filename;
    $handle = fopen ($filename, "a+") or die ("$filename does not exist");;
    $time = mktime();
    $line= "$track\t$album\t$artist\t$genre\t$time";
    fwrite($handle, $line ."\n");
    fclose($handle);
}

//info
function gettracks(){
    global $filename;
    $handle = @fopen ($filename, "a+") or die ("$filename does not exist or is not writeable" );;
    while (!feof($handle)) {
       $contents .= fgets($handle, 4096);
    }
    fclose($handle);
    $tracks = preg_split('/\n/', $contents);
    array_pop($tracks);
    $tracks = array_reverse($tracks);
    $i=0;
    foreach ($tracks as $song) {
        $i++;
        $song = preg_split('/\t/', $song);
        $track[title] = $song[0];
        $track[album] = $song[1];
        $track[artist] = $song[2];
        $track[genre] = $song[3];
        $track[playtime] = $song[4];
        $songs[] = $track;
        if ($i>5) break;
    }
    return $songs;
}


//display
function dispTracks(){
    $tracks = gettracks();
    if ($tracks !=""){
        foreach ($tracks as $song)
            {
            $playdate = date("F j, Y, g:i a", $song[playtime]);
            print "<a href=\"#\" title=\"$song[title] - $song[album] - $song[artist]\n$song[genre] - $playdate\">".truncate($song[title],30)." - ".truncate($song[artist],20)." </a><br>";
            }
        }
    else echo "Empty Tracks.txt file";
}

//
$add = $_GET["add"];
$track = $_GET["t"];
$artist = $_GET["a"];
$genre = $_GET["g"];
$album = $_GET["al"];


//magic
if ($add ==1){
    addHistory($track,$artist,$genre,$album);
}else
    dispTracks();

?>

[schope]

ah sry i didnt read nor understand properly ur question

to replace | for spaces

$urlcleanvar = str_replace('|',' ',$urlvar);

to replace | for %20

$urlcleanvar = str_replace('|','%20',$urlvar);

to replace %20 for |

$urlcleanvar = str_replace('%20','|',$urlvar);

to replace space for |

$urlcleanvar = str_replace(' ','|',$urlvar);


Ive looked ur code and didnt find the link to allmusic.com

there is only a print with a link to # ?

[Jerome Scuggs]

ah sry i didnt read nor understand properly ur question

to replace | for spaces

$urlcleanvar = str_replace('|',' ',$urlvar);

to replace | for %20

$urlcleanvar = str_replace('|','%20',$urlvar);

to replace %20 for |

$urlcleanvar = str_replace('%20','|',$urlvar);

to replace space for |

$urlcleanvar = str_replace(' ','|',$urlvar);


Ive looked ur code and didnt find the link to allmusic.com

there is only a print with a link to # ?

yes, the "#" becomes the allmusic link

print "<a target=\"new\" href=\"http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?P=amg&opt1=1&sql=$song[artist]\" title=\"$song[title] - $song[album] - $song[artist]\n$song[genre] - $playdate\">".truncate($song[artist],30)." - ".truncate($song[title],40)." </a><br>";

thanks, schope

[Ikrit]

Jacen Solo> %20

GGGEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

[Jerome Scuggs]

asdfghjkl, i have no clue how this works :/

[schope]

man its weird to figure out what do you want to print out

but i can help you to code that quickly if you show me the format link to open allmusic.com and the php file online, also would be cool if you could save it also on .phps format.

try to talk with me on ss if you want some help.

[1ight]

Ever tried ereg_replace()?
www.php.net

[Jeansi]

Jerome is NEW!
<evil beavis and butthead laugh>
hehe hehe hehe heehehhheheheheh
</evil beavis and butthead laugh>

[NaiLed]

Jacen Solo> %20

GGGEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

haha

[schope]

Ever tried ereg_replace()?
www.php.net

ereg_replace uses way more machine resources than str_replace, its usefull when you got a regexp to search and replace