CURL spaces errror?

[gnetuk]

I am trying to use CURL on a site., to send SMS/TXT messages.

 

HERE IS THE CODE

 

$name = $_POST['name'];  
$emsg = $_POST['emsg']; 

           $ch = curl_init("https://www.smsfun.com.au/api/login.php?mobile=emma&password=123456&send_to=$name&message=$emsg&send=1");
        curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HEADER, 0);
        curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POST, 1);
        curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, 1);
        $output = curl_exec($ch);       
        curl_close($ch);

 

Then i use my form like this

 

<form method="post" action="" value "">
  <p align="center"><strong><font color="#0000FF" size="5" face="Courier New, Courier, mono">MOBILE 
    NO<br>
    <input name="name" type="text">
    </font></strong></p>
  <p align="center"><strong><font color="#0000FF" size="5" face="Courier New, Courier, mono">message</font><font color="#0000FF" size="5" face="Courier New, Courier, mono"><br>
    <textarea name="emsg" value "$emsg" rows="5" wrap="VIRTUAL"></textarea>
    </font></strong><br>
    <input type="submit" name="submit" value="SEND">
  </p>
</form>

 

This all works fine but if the user needs to put a space after a word i.e  "hello this is a test" this wont work only "hellothisisatest" will.

 

Am i missing somtink here? I tryed googleing etc cannot find the answer.

 

Please help

 

Thanks

 

g-netUK

[Adam]

You may want to run the message through urlencode, but failing that it's something to raise with 'sms fun'.

[gnetuk]

Adam thanks  for your responce. But i am no coder. How culd i run this through  urlencode(), what would i need to ad to my existing code to achive this?

[Adam]

Before the curl_init() call, add:

 

$emsg = urlencode($emsg);

[gnetuk]

you need a reward. i been on this for so long now worked first time.

 

ok but i may be picky but the echo result on my page has + for the spacebars.

 

any way of not showing the +  its like hello+i+am+your+friend.

 

dont worry about it you have just made my menelium.

[MMDE]

you need a reward. i been on this for so long now worked first time.

 

ok but i may be picky but the echo result on my page has + for the spacebars.

 

any way of not showing the +  its like hello+i+am+your+friend.

 

dont worry about it you have just made my menelium.

try %20 instead of +

urlencode will do this for you with a string!

 

echo urlencode('Hello I\'m your friend.');

 

Hello+I%27m+your+friend.

[gnetuk]

This works fine

 

$emsg = urlencode($emsg);

 

I can use spaces and the TXT/SMS will send with the spaces. But............................

 

I have a echo output on my page to explain to the user what has happend.

 

   echo "<br>";  

    echo "<font size=\"4\" face=\"Courier New\"><div align='center'>You Has SENT a message to this phoneNO : <b> $name </b></div>";
echo "<font size=\"4\" face=\"Courier New\"><div align='center'>And entered this MESSAGE : <b> $emsg </b></div>";

    echo "<br>";  

 

but the output uses + as a space this is fine but fine tuning why cant it just use a space instaead of the +

 

im just glad i have got this far..............

[TOA]

Try the opposite: urldecode

 

Or store the encoded version in a different variable and use the original to display back the message

[gnetuk]

Sorry for noobness waht do you mean from opposite?  can i has code?

[Adam]

Have you read the documentation? What have you tried so far? We appreciate you're new to this, but the manual has a lot of examples.

[TOA]

Use it the same way you would urlencode()

 

// for use in your message
$emsg = urlencode($emsg);

// for use in echoing
$emsg = urldecode($emsg);
echo $emsg;

 

But Adam's right, you should be trying things for yourself and reading the manual.

[gnetuk]

Adam is right i can read code but cant write it......

 

 

DevilsAdvocate

 

&

 

Adam

 

 

you have made my wish come true. Dont get me wrong i will always try to find this things out for my self

 

Devils you line worked too. i can now have echo without the ++++++'s for spaces , it just drives me mad how two simple lines of code can work more wonders that the whole google reading thing.

 

 

Like i say i can read it..... just wish i could write it waell as u guys.

 

 

thanks both for the quick responce and solutions

 

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