Zend says this URI is not valid

Question

I am generating a feed using Zend Framework.

When I am setting a link like the one below, I get an error

$feed = new Zend_Feed_Writer_Feed;
$url = "http://www.example.com/search?s=chris|gayle|pics&device=1"
$feed->setLink($url);

I searched through Zend_Uri.php and Http.php, I was not able to figure out the problem.

exception 'Zend_Feed_Exception' with message 'Invalid parameter: parameter must be a non-empty string and valid URI/IRI'

score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered Nov 15 '11 at 10:26

3

| is not allowed. Use %7C instead.

To encode a url use urlencode. This will make sure all characters are correctly encoded into a standard URI.

answered Nov 15 '11 at 10:26

Joe

This feed is for a search result. Users might search for something with a space character. What is the best character to replace space character with? – Raj Nov 15 '11 at 10:28
Space should be `+`. Updating my answer with more info. – Joe Nov 15 '11 at 10:28

score 2 · Answer 2 · answered Nov 15 '11 at 10:27

You may need to urlencode values in your URI

Correct URI will be "http://www.example.com/search?s=chris%7Cgayle%7Cpics&device=1"

Just use urlencode() or rawurlencode(); to encode URI parts.

$url = "http://www.example.com/search?s=".urlencode("chris|gayle|pics")."&device=1"

score 2 · Answer 3 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:11

2

According to Which characters make a URL invalid? | is not a valid symbol.

To have those characters in url, you must encode your url. You could use urlencode method to do this.

edited May 23 '17 at 12:11

Community

answered Nov 15 '11 at 10:28

Janis Veinbergs

3 Answers3