formatRequestArgs()

Builds a query string (`?key=value&...`) from an associative array, properly URL-encoding both keys and values.

Parameters

$params : array<string|int, mixed>

The associative array of parameters (e.g., ['from' => 'yesterday', 'limit' => 10]).

$useNow : bool = false

Whether to override the 'from' key with 'now' if it exists.

Tags

example

echo formatRequestArgs(['from' => '2023-01-01', 'limit' => 10]);
// Output: "?from=2023-01-01&limit=10"

echo formatRequestArgs(['from' => 'yesterday', 'limit' => 5], true);
// Output: "?from=now&limit=5"

echo formatRequestArgs([]);
// Output: ""

echo formatRequestArgs(['search' => 'php functions', 'page' => 2]);
// Output: "?search=php%20functions&page=2"

echo formatRequestArgs(['filter' => '{"key":"category","op":"eq","val":"5"}']);
// Output: "?filter=%7B%22key%22%3A%22category%22%2C%22op%22%3A%22eq%22%2C%22val%22%3A%225%22%7D"

author

Marc Alcaraz (ekameleon)

since

1.0.0