This is a Javascript version of the PHP function: http_build_query.

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PHP http_build_query

Description

http_build_query - Generate URL-encoded query string

string http_build_query( array formdata [, string numeric_prefix [, string arg_separator]] )

Generates a URL-encoded query string from the associative (or indexed) array provided.

Parameters

• formdata

  May be an array or object containing properties.

  The array form may be a simple one-dimensional structure, or an array of arrays (who in turn may contain other arrays).

• numeric_prefix

  If numeric indices are used in the base array and this parameter is provided, it will be prepended to the numeric index for elements in the base array only.

  This is meant to allow for legal variable names when the data is decoded by PHP or another CGI application later on.

• arg_separator

  arg_separator.output is used to separate arguments, unless this parameter is specified, and is then used.

Return Values

Returns a URL-encoded string.

See Also

• javascript parse_str()
• javascript parse_url()
• javascript urlencode()
• javascript array_walk()

Javascript http_build_query

Source

This is the main source of the Javascript version of PHP's http_build_query

function http_build_query( formdata, numeric_prefix, arg_separator ) {
    // http://kevin.vanzonneveld.net
    // +   original by: Kevin van Zonneveld (http://kevin.vanzonneveld.net)
    // +   improved by: Legaev Andrey
    // +   improved by: Michael White (http://getsprink.com)
    // +   improved by: Kevin van Zonneveld (http://kevin.vanzonneveld.net)
    // +    revised by: stag019
    // -    depends on: urlencode
    // *     example 1: http_build_query({foo: 'bar', php: 'hypertext processor', baz: 'boom', cow: 'milk'}, '', '&');
    // *     returns 1: 'foo=bar&php=hypertext+processor&baz=boom&cow=milk'
    // *     example 2: http_build_query({'php': 'hypertext processor', 0: 'foo', 1: 'bar', 2: 'baz', 3: 'boom', 'cow': 'milk'}, 'myvar_');
    // *     returns 2: 'php=hypertext+processor&myvar_0=foo&myvar_1=bar&myvar_2=baz&myvar_3=boom&cow=milk'
 
    var value, key, tmp = [];
 
    var _http_build_query_helper = function (key, val, arg_separator) {
        var k, tmp = [];
        if (val === true) {
            val = "1";
        } else if (val === false) {
            val = "0";
        }
        if (typeof(val) == "array" || typeof(val) == "object") {
            for (k in val) {
                if(val[k] !== null) {
                    tmp.push(_http_build_query_helper(key + "[" + k + "]", val[k], arg_separator));
                }
            }
            return tmp.join(arg_separator);
        } else if(typeof(val) != "function") {
            return this.urlencode(key) + "=" + this.urlencode(val);
        }
    };
 
    if (!arg_separator) {
        arg_separator = "&";
    }
    for (key in formdata) {
        value = formdata[key];
        if (numeric_prefix && !isNaN(key)) {
            key = String(numeric_prefix) + key;
        }
        tmp.push(_http_build_query_helper(key, value, arg_separator));
    }
 
    return tmp.join(arg_separator);
}

To run the Javascript http_build_query, you will also need the following dependencies:

• urlencode

Examples

Currently there are 2 examples

Example 1

http_build_query({foo: 'bar', php: 'hypertext processor', baz: 'boom', cow: 'milk'}, '', '&');

'foo=bar&php=hypertext+processor&baz=boom&cow=milk'

Example 2

http_build_query({'php': 'hypertext processor', 0: 'foo', 1: 'bar', 2: 'baz', 3: 'boom', 'cow': 'milk'}, 'myvar_');

'php=hypertext+processor&myvar_0=foo&myvar_1=bar&myvar_2=baz&myvar_3=boom&cow=milk'

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Credits

Respect & awards go to everybody who has contributed in some way so far:

	Brett Zamir (link) for contributing to:
	array_diff, array_diff_assoc, array_diff_key, array_diff_uassoc, array_diff_ukey, array_fill_keys, array_fill_keys, array_filter, array_intersect, array_intersect_assoc, array_intersect_key, array_intersect_uassoc, array_intersect_ukey, array_keys, array_map, array_merge, array_merge_recursive, array_pop, array_search, array_slice, array_slice, array_splice, array_udiff, array_udiff_assoc, array_udiff_uassoc, array_uintersect, array_uintersect_assoc, array_uintersect_uassoc, array_unique, arsort, arsort, asort, asort, compact, current, each, end, extract, key, krsort, ksort, natcasesort, natcasesort, natsort, natsort, next, pos, prev, reset, rsort, rsort, shuffle, sort, sort, uasort, uasort, uksort, usort, classkit_import, classkit_method_add, classkit_method_copy, classkit_method_redefine, classkit_method_remove, classkit_method_rename, class_exists, get_class_methods, get_class_vars, get_declared_classes, get_object_vars, method_exists, property_exists, ctype_alnum, ctype_alpha, ctype_cntrl, ctype_digit, ctype_graph, ctype_lower, ctype_print, ctype_punct, ctype_space, ctype_upper, ctype_xdigit, date, date, date, date, date_default_timezone_get, date_default_timezone_set, date_parse, gettimeofday, gmdate, gmmktime, gmstrftime, idate, localtime, mktime, strftime, strtotime, timezone_abbreviations_list, timezone_identifiers_list, restore_exception_handler, set_exception_handler, fclose, feof, fgetc, fgetcsv, fgets, fgetss, filemtime, fopen, fpassthru, fread, fseek, ftell, pathinfo, pclose, popen, readfile, rewind, call_user_func, call_user_func_array, create_function, func_get_arg, func_get_args, func_num_args, get_defined_functions, get_defined_functions, register_shutdown_function, assert, assert_options, get_cfg_var, get_defined_constants, get_required_files, getenv, getlastmod, ini_alter, ini_get, ini_get_all, ini_restore, ini_set, php_ini_loaded_file, php_ini_scanned_files, phpversion, putenv, set_time_limit, include, include_once, require, require_once, atan2, expm1, fmod, log1p, rand, constant, define, defined, die, exit, exit, php_strip_whitespace, sleep, time_nanosleep, time_sleep_until, usleep, gopher_parsedir, setrawcookie, aggregate, aggregate_info, aggregate_methods, aggregate_methods_by_list, aggregate_methods_by_regexp, aggregate_properties, aggregate_properties_by_list, aggregate_properties_by_regexp, aggregation_info, deaggregate, preg_grep, sql_regcase, runkit_class_adopt, runkit_class_emancipate, runkit_function_add, runkit_function_copy, runkit_function_redefine, runkit_function_remove, runkit_function_rename, runkit_import, runkit_method_add, runkit_method_copy, runkit_method_redefine, runkit_method_remove, runkit_method_rename, runkit_superglobals, chunk_split, convert_uuencode, count_chars, echo, get_html_translation_table, lcfirst, levenshtein, localeconv, md5, md5_file, nl2br, nl_langinfo, parse_str, printf, quoted_printable_decode, quoted_printable_decode, quoted_printable_encode, setlocale, sha1, soundex, sprintf, str_getcsv, str_ireplace, str_replace, str_replace, str_shuffle, str_split, str_word_count, strcoll, strcspn, strip_tags, strlen, strnatcasecmp, strncmp, strrchr, strspn, strtok, strtr, substr_compare, substr_replace, ucfirst, vprintf, base64_decode, get_headers, get_meta_tags, parse_url, rawurldecode, rawurldecode, rawurlencode, rawurlencode, rawurlencode, urldecode, urldecode, urlencode, urlencode, doubleval, get_defined_vars, get_resource_type, gettype, import_request_variables, import_request_variables, is_array, is_array, is_binary, is_buffer, is_callable, is_real, is_resource, is_unicode, print_r, print_r, settype, strval, strval, unserialize, var_dump, var_export, utf8_decode
	Onno Marsman for contributing to:
	acos, acosh, asin, asinh, atan, atanh, ceil, cos, cosh, decbin, dechex, decoct, exp, floor, fmod, getrandmax, hypot, is_finite, is_infinite, is_nan, lcg_value, log, log10, max, max, min, min, mt_getrandmax, mt_rand, pi, pow, rand, round, sin, sinh, sqrt, tan, tanh, setcookie, preg_quote, addslashes, bin2hex, count_chars, html_entity_decode, htmlentities, htmlspecialchars_decode, levenshtein, ltrim, nl2br, nl2br, ord, parse_str, rtrim, soundex, str_ireplace, str_replace, str_replace, str_rot13, str_split, strcasecmp, strip_tags, stripos, stripslashes, stristr, strlen, strnatcmp, strncasecmp, strpbrk, strpos, strrev, strripos, strrpos, strstr, strtolower, strtoupper, substr, substr_count, trim, ucfirst, ucwords, base64_decode, empty, empty, is_array, is_bool, isset, utf8_decode, utf8_encode, utf8_encode
	Michael White (link) for contributing to:
	array_count_values, get_included_files, include, include_once, require, require_once, md5, number_format, parse_str, printf, sha1, sprintf, str_pad, strnatcmp, vprintf, http_build_query, floatval, is_object, print_r
	Waldo Malqui Silva for contributing to:
	array_fill, array_pad, array_product, array_rand, compact, count, range, abs, defined, ip2long, long2ip, implode, strcmp, strncmp, ucwords, settype
	Paulo Ricardo F. Santos for contributing to:
	getdate, microtime, constant, define, chop, chunk_split, quotemeta, sprintf, get_headers, gettype, is_double, is_float, is_integer, is_long, is_scalar
	Jack for contributing to:
	compact, max, min, count_chars, htmlentities, md5, parse_str, soundex, sprintf, str_ireplace, strnatcmp, trim, utf8_encode
	Jonas Raoni Soares Silva (link) for contributing to:
	shuffle, abs, setcookie, number_format, number_format, soundex, str_repeat, str_replace, str_rot13, ucwords, wordwrap, wordwrap
	Philip Peterson for contributing to:
	sizeof, log10, round, exit, echo, get_html_translation_table, nl2br, str_replace, strchr, urldecode, urlencode, var_export
	Ates Goral (link) for contributing to:
	array_change_key_case, array_count_values, array_diff_key, each, get_class, preg_quote, addslashes, count_chars, str_rot13, stripslashes
	Legaev Andrey for contributing to:
	end, reset, file, file_get_contents, function_exists, include, include_once, http_build_query, is_array, is_object
	Martijn Wieringa for contributing to:
	array_shift, array_unshift, str_ireplace, str_split, strcasecmp, stripos, strnatcmp, substr
	Nate for contributing to:
	array_merge, array_sum, array_unique, pathinfo, addslashes, echo, strncasecmp
	Enrique Gonzalez for contributing to:
	file_exists, filesize, decbin, decoct, deg2rad, rad2deg
	Philippe Baumann for contributing to:
	base_convert, bindec, dechex, hexdec, octdec, empty
	Theriault for contributing to:
	array_multisort, quoted_printable_decode, quoted_printable_decode, quoted_printable_encode, quoted_printable_encode
	Webtoolkit.info (link) for contributing to:
	crc32, md5, sha1, utf8_decode, utf8_encode
	Ash Searle (link) for contributing to:
	basename, printf, sprintf, vprintf
	Carlos R. L. Rodrigues (link) for contributing to:
	array_chunk, array_unique, date, levenshtein
	Jani Hartikainen for contributing to:
	file, file_exists, file_get_contents, filesize
	Ole Vrijenhoek for contributing to:
	convert_uuencode, convert_uuencode, quoted_printable_decode, str_word_count
	travc for contributing to:
	rawurldecode, rawurlencode, urldecode, urlencode
	Alex for contributing to:
	get_html_translation_table, strip_tags, is_int
	Andrea Giammarchi (link) for contributing to:
	array_map, define, levenshtein
	Erkekjetter for contributing to:
	ltrim, rtrim, trim
	GeekFG (link) for contributing to:
	krsort, ksort, time
	Johnny Mast (link) for contributing to:
	array_walk, array_walk_recursive, create_function
	Michael Grier for contributing to:
	array_unique, wordwrap, rawurlencode
	d3x for contributing to:
	array, explode, unserialize
	marrtins for contributing to:
	array_change_key_case, addslashes, stripslashes
	stag019 for contributing to:
	parse_str, parse_str, http_build_query
	AJ for contributing to:
	urldecode, urlencode
	Alfonso Jimenez (link) for contributing to:
	array_reduce, strpbrk
	Aman Gupta for contributing to:
	base64_decode, utf8_decode
	Arpad Ray (mailto:arpad@php.net) for contributing to:
	serialize, unserialize
	Breaking Par Consulting Inc (link) for contributing to:
	gettimeofday, localtime
	Caio Ariede (link) for contributing to:
	strtotime, strtotime
	David for contributing to:
	strtotime, is_numeric
	Josh Fraser (link) for contributing to:
	gettimeofday, localtime
	KELAN for contributing to:
	get_html_translation_table, gettype
	Karol Kowalski for contributing to:
	array_reverse, abs
	Lars Fischer for contributing to:
	urldecode, urlencode
	Marc Palau for contributing to:
	mktime, strip_tags
	Mirek Slugen for contributing to:
	htmlspecialchars, htmlspecialchars_decode
	Oleg Eremeev for contributing to:
	str_replace, str_replace
	Pellentesque Malesuada for contributing to:
	base64_decode, base64_encode
	Public Domain (link) for contributing to:
	json_decode, json_encode
	Sakimori for contributing to:
	strlen, wordwrap
	Steve Hilder for contributing to:
	strcmp, strncmp
	Steven Levithan (link) for contributing to:
	trim, parse_url
	Thunder.m for contributing to:
	base64_decode, base64_encode
	Tyler Akins (link) for contributing to:
	base64_decode, base64_encode
	gettimeofday for contributing to:
	date, idate
	gorthaur for contributing to:
	strcmp, strncmp
	mdsjack (link) for contributing to:
	include, trim
	0m3r for contributing to:
	array_diff_assoc
	Alexander Ermolaev (link) for contributing to:
	trim
	Allan Jensen (link) for contributing to:
	number_format
	Andreas for contributing to:
	setcookie
	Andrej Pavlovic for contributing to:
	serialize
	Anton Ongson for contributing to:
	str_replace
	Arno for contributing to:
	htmlspecialchars
	Atli Þór for contributing to:
	nl2br
	Bayron Guevara for contributing to:
	base64_encode
	Ben Bryan for contributing to:
	print_r
	Benjamin Lupton for contributing to:
	number_format
	Blues (link) for contributing to:
	strftime
	Blues at link for contributing to:
	setlocale
	Bobby Drake for contributing to:
	strip_tags
	Brad Touesnard for contributing to:
	date
	Bryan Elliott for contributing to:
	date
	Cagri Ekin for contributing to:
	parse_str
	ChaosNo1 for contributing to:
	timezone_abbreviations_list
	Christian Doebler for contributing to:
	sleep
	Cord for contributing to:
	is_array
	Daniel Esteban for contributing to:
	strpos
	David James for contributing to:
	get_class
	David Randall for contributing to:
	date
	Der Simon (link) for contributing to:
	echo
	Dino for contributing to:
	serialize
	Diogo Resende for contributing to:
	number_format
	Douglas Crockford (link) for contributing to:
	gettype
	DxGx for contributing to:
	trim
	Eric Nagel for contributing to:
	strip_tags
	Eugene Bulkin (link) for contributing to:
	echo
	FGFEmperor for contributing to:
	mktime
	Felix Geisendoerfer (link) for contributing to:
	array_key_exists
	Francesco for contributing to:
	empty
	Francois for contributing to:
	htmlspecialchars_decode
	FremyCompany for contributing to:
	isset
	Gabriel Paderni for contributing to:
	str_replace
	Garagoth for contributing to:
	serialize
	Gilbert for contributing to:
	array_sum
	Howard Yeend for contributing to:
	number_format
	Hyam Singer (link) for contributing to:
	exit
	J A R for contributing to:
	end
	Jalal Berrami for contributing to:
	import_request_variables
	Kirk Strobeck for contributing to:
	strlen
	Kristof Coomans (SCK-CEN (Belgian Nucleair Research Centre)) for contributing to:
	strnatcasecmp
	LH for contributing to:
	empty
	Leslie Hoare for contributing to:
	rand
	Lincoln Ramsay for contributing to:
	basename
	Linuxworld for contributing to:
	bin2hex
	Luke Godfrey for contributing to:
	strip_tags
	Luke Smith (link) for contributing to:
	number_format
	Manish for contributing to:
	is_array
	Marc Jansen for contributing to:
	empty
	Marco for contributing to:
	get_html_translation_table
	Martin Pool for contributing to:
	strnatcasecmp
	Mateusz "loonquawl" Zalega for contributing to:
	htmlspecialchars_decode
	Matt Bradley for contributing to:
	is_int
	MeEtc (link) for contributing to:
	date
	Mick@el for contributing to:
	stripslashes
	Nathan for contributing to:
	htmlspecialchars
	Nick Callen for contributing to:
	wordwrap
	Norman "zEh" Fuchs for contributing to:
	utf8_decode
	Ole Vrijenhoek (link) for contributing to:
	filemtime
	Ozh for contributing to:
	dirname
	Paul for contributing to:
	exit
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	unserialize
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	date
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	strnatcasecmp
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	strip_tags
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	checkdate
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	htmlspecialchars_decode
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	number_format
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	is_nan
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	array_diff
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	strncasecmp
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	htmlspecialchars_decode
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	str_replace
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	htmlspecialchars_decode
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	count
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	function_exists
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	array_merge_recursive
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	substr
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	call_user_func_array
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	intval
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	is_numeric
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	strtr

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Coming Project features

Project features that we are currently working on:

• Done - Site. A place for php.js of it's own. See: phpjs.org.
• Done - Compile. Compile your own php.js version, with only the functions you need. Should generate a hash with which you can retrieve latest versions of your php.js combination.
Done - Testsuite. A better test-suite that can be ran locally so developers can easily test before commiting. Also the testing itself should be more thorough.
• Done - Versioning. Individual functions are versioned, but the entire library should be versioned as well.

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