April 12, 2008
URL Encode / Decode Script
I just created and uploaded a new little script to help people sort out what URL Encoded characters mean. It works both ways. It'll encode plain ASCII text into text strings like you would see in encoded URLs, and it'll also decode strings into plain ASCII text. I've even incorporated plus signs (+) and %20 encoded strings, which equate to a space character in urls.
I made it mainly for those who need to figure out which encoded characters mean what when needing to account for them in rewrites. I don't know about others, but I get tired of having to look at ASCII conversion tables to figure out what an encoded character string means, so this tool will come in handy for yours truly. Regardless of why I made it, the tool will work just fine for lots of different things having to do with encoding or decoding urls.
There's a link to the new tool in the "links" nav menu to the left under URL Encoder/Decoder, or you can simply click here to go to the new tool.
Enjoy!
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