How to encode url passwords in href?

Question

How do I need to encode special chars in a urls password:

<a href="ftp://user:[email protected]/html">ftp</a>

I have problem if the first character of the password is #

Chrome does change <a href="ftp://user:#password... to ftp://user/password if you click on the link.

It’s a URL, so use URL encoding. – Gumbo Jul 29 '14 at 07:34 — Gumbo, Jul 29 '14 at 07:34

score 0 · Answer 1 · edited May 23 '17 at 11:50

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ok, got it working if urlencode(password) and htmlspecialchars() over the whole link as described here.

Problem is that FileZilla does not decode the password correctly.

edited May 23 '17 at 11:50

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answered Jul 29 '14 at 07:36

PiTheNumber

Filezilla is a FTP-CLIENT not a Browser! Register your Server in Filezilla and foreget appear login-informations in your link – donald123 Jul 29 '14 at 07:38
@donald123 Yes, it is a FTP client and if you copy a FTP link into Filezilla you get host, username and password with one step. – PiTheNumber Jul 29 '14 at 07:43
@Gumbo thank you but `rawurlencode('#')` is still `%23` I think this needs to be fixed in Filezilla. – PiTheNumber Jul 29 '14 at 07:44

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