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HTML URL Encode

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Summary

URL encoding converts specific characters in a web address into a secure format based on percentage (%) and hexadecimal code. For example, the space is 20% so the URL remains valid when sent to the server. This technique is important when building a link or query string that contains punctuations like & and?.

Key points

URL encoding converts a special character to the %XX format
Spaces are written as %20 or plus sign
Useful for query strings containing parameters and values
Each character has a unique hexadecimal code in ASCII/UTF-8.

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