How to include spaces in Google QR code URL after scanning?-CodePudding

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This is fine, however, when I scan the QR code with a mobile application, the result is:

Notice that the URL itself contains for every space in the URL, but the result (after scanning the QR code) does not. This results in an unclickable URL. This behaviour is weird considering some QR code generators do include the in the URL after scanning, such as

CodePudding user response：

Try formally encoding it as a url first:

$encodedmapsurl = "https://www.google.nl/maps/dir/De Aar 18, 8253 PN Dronten/De Lepelaar 12, 8251MT Dronten/De Lepelaar 1, 8251mt Dronten/De Aar 18, 8253 PN Dronten/"; $encodedmapsurl = urlencode($encodedmapsurl);

Also, then try also then sending the encoded url to bitly or similar shortener before generating the qr code.

If that still doesn't work, being in Japan I often find special characters leading to many hard-to-find/fix issues (e.g. a 1-bit "%" vs a 2-bit "%" character). Try using the charset-source (and charset-target) parameter.

CodePudding user response：

Only encode once:

$map_url = 'https://www.google.nl/maps/dir/De Aar 18, 8253 PN Dronten, Netherlands/De Lepelaar 12, 8251 MT Dronten, Netherlands/De Lepelaar 1, 8251 MT Dronten, Netherlands/De Aar 18, 8253 PN Dronten, Netherlands/@52.5308376,5.7062268,14z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m25!4m24!1m5!1m1!1s0x47c62a8ab5ae23a5:0x44f1928143db42a1!2m2!1d5.7085273!2d52.5441879!1m5!1m1!1s0x47c62b202ae17a0f:0x1abd001f5225a013!2m2!1d5.7290961!2d52.5190013!1m5!1m1!1s0x47c62b202fc55b65:0x12f835f420fa2676!2m2!1d5.7298615!2d52.5194267!1m5!1m1!1s0x47c62a8ab5ae23a5:0x44f1928143db42a1!2m2!1d5.7085273!2d52.5441879'; $encoded_url = urlencode( $map_url );