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copied!<p>Please forgive me if this question appears too cheap. </p> <p>I have this line:</p> <pre><code>preg_match_all($pattern, $_GET['id'], $arr); </code></pre> <p>When you pass a value with space during a search, the value breaks once a space is encountered.</p> <p>For instance:</p> <pre><code>36 2543541284 </code></pre> <p>Notice a space between 6 and 2. In a situation similar to this, only 36 is displayed.</p> <p>The reminder of digits after space are ignored. This is giving users, "no data found" message.</p> <p>I have tried using urlencode to add 20% but no luck.</p> <pre><code>preg_match_all($pattern, rawurlencode($_GET[id]), $arr); </code></pre> <p>I have also tried urlencode but to no avail.</p> <p>What am I possibly doing wrong?</p> <pre><code>function format($matches) { return $matches[1][0].(strlen($matches[2][0])>0?$matches[2][0]:" ").$matches[3][0].(strlen($matches[4][0])>0?" ".$matches[4][0]:""); } // CONSTRUCT A REGULAR EXPRESSION $pattern = '/' // regex delimiter . '(' // START of a capture group . '\d{2}' // exactly two digits . ')' // END of capture group . '(' // START SECOND capture group . '[ND]?' // letters "D" OR "N" in any order or number - This is optional . ')' // END SECOND capture group . '(' // START THIRD capture group . '\d*' // any number of digits . ')' // END THIRD capture group . '(' // START FOURTH capture group . 'GG' // the letters "GG" EXACTLY . '[\d]*' // any number of digits . ')' // END THIRD capture group . '?' // make the LAST capture group OPTIONAL . '/' // regex delimiter ; preg_match_all($pattern, rawurlencode($_GET[id]), $arr); // REFORMAT the array $str = format($arr); // show what we did to the data echo '<pre>' . PHP_EOL; echo '1...5...10...15...20...' . PHP_EOL; echo $pattern; echo PHP_EOL; //Are we getting what we asked for? This is a test. We will comment out all 6 lines if we are happy with output of our REFORMATTING. echo $str; echo PHP_EOL; </code></pre>

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