Bug #11819: URI::encode issue with the "+" character

• Status: Rejected
• Assignee: -
• Target version: -
• Backport: 2.0.0: UNKNOWN, 2.1: UNKNOWN, 2.2: UNKNOWN

[anykeyh (Yacine PETITPREZ)]

URI.encode("a+b") returns "a+b". Mostly all web servers transform the "+" in URI parameters to space, and can create issue with base64 encoded parameters for example.

Currently we must write this:

args = URI.encode(args).gsub("+", "%2B")

Also, the rfc2396 says (G. 2):

The plus "+", dollar "$", and comma "," characters have been added to those in the "reserved" set, since they are treated as reserved within the query component.

[naruse (Yui NARUSE)]

• Status changed from Open to Rejected

As the manual says URI.escape escapes invalid characters in URI; you know "+" is valid.

Use URI. encode_www_form or URI.encode_www_form_component.