XCode iOS replace spaces with +

Question

Need help to replace my spaces from the textfield entry for posting to a GET

My current code:

    NSString* urlString = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"http://server.com/ios/add.php?user=iPhone+App&message=%@", messageBox.text];
NSURL *add = [NSURL URLWithString:urlString];

[messageView loadRequest:[NSURLRequest requestWithURL:add]];

However I tried

NSString *finalAdd = [add stringByReplacingOccurrencesOfString:@" " withString:@"+"];

possible duplicate of [URL decoding/encoding NSString](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/6688287/url-decoding-encoding-nsstring) — Mike Weller, Oct 18 '12 at 13:13

score 1 · Answer 1 · edited Oct 18 '12 at 13:16

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You should escape the parameter

NSString* urlString = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"http://server.com/ios/add.php?user=iPhone+App&message=%@", [messageBox.text stringByAddingPercentEscapesUsingEncoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding];
NSURL *add = [NSURL URLWithString:urlString];

edited Oct 18 '12 at 13:16

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answered Oct 18 '12 at 13:10

Edwin Iskandar

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Gives me: No visible @interface for 'NSURL' declares the selector 'stringByAddingPercentEscapesUsingEncoding:' – Emil Elkjær Oct 18 '12 at 13:11

score 0 · Answer 2 · edited May 23 '17 at 11:43

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Check out this post or this SO question. Both offer good solutions for encoding urls.

edited May 23 '17 at 11:43

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answered Oct 18 '12 at 13:07

coder

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Please only url or link answers are note truly good and will be rejected by community soon :) – The iOSDev Oct 18 '12 at 13:17

XCode iOS replace spaces with +

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