Having semi-colon in query

[Ankur Gupta]

Hi Ian,

 So is it an nginx (or php-fpm?) bug that the value of 'y' shows as 2
instead of '2;3'?

-Giri

On Tue, Jun 22, 2010 at 12:28 PM, Ian Hobson <ian at ianhobson.co.uk> wrote:

> On 22/06/2010 20:07, Ankur Gupta wrote:
>
>> Hi all,
>>
>>  I have a URL of the form:   /abc?x=1&y=2;3.   The nginx server passes the
>> request to php-fpm thread.  When I try to query for the value of 'y' I get
>> '2' instead of '2;3'.  Is this expected?   Are semicolons somehow considered
>> to be query delimiters?
>>
>>  Hi Ankur,
>
> There is no standard for delimiter, only common practise.  You can use what
> you like.
>
> The W3C has been recommending semicolon as a delimiter since 1994 or so.
>
> That said, sending '&amp;' so that it comes back as '&' is common, correct,
> conforms to standards and expected by  users and search engines.
>
>
> Regards
>
> Ian
>
>
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