# What ; mean in this case?

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**Created:** [December 21, 2003, 8:37am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/what-mean-in-this-case/38328 "2003-12-21T08:37:17Z")\
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**Author:** ![OKtrust](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/c77e96/32.png) [@OKtrust](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/OKtrust)\
**Post date:** [December 21, 2003, 8:37am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/what-mean-in-this-case/38328/1 "2003-12-21T08:37:17Z")

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hi all

I found this URL have mystery point, [http://vncwd.net/forums/index.php?kbb=thread;threadid=52](http://vncwd.net/forums/index.php?kbb=thread;threadid=52) they use ; instead of &

How they did ? anybody know or have idea please join, thanks

From this we can use some strange character like $ or # … :D, it sound good huh ?

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [December 21, 2003, 9:01am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/what-mean-in-this-case/38328/2 "2003-12-21T09:01:12Z")

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> \*Originally posted by OKtrust \*  
> \*\*hi all  
> I found this URL have mystery point, they use ; instead of &  
> From this we can use some strange character like $ or # … :D, it sound good huh ?  
> How they did ? anybody know or have idea please join, thanks:

[http://vncwd.net/forums/index.php?kbb=thread;threadid=52](http://vncwd.net/forums/index.php?kbb=thread;threadid=52) \*\*

I think you missed a couple of words there Sparky… 😃

at least I can’t say as I understand your question…

Rev

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [December 21, 2003, 9:22am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/what-mean-in-this-case/38328/3 "2003-12-21T09:22:04Z")

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hic, I mean that how they can use the ; “symbol” instead of & in their URL  
you know, when we “transfer” variableS we usually use\*\* & \*\*to transfer both of them, but in this case they use \*\* ; \*\*

I hope you will understand my poor English :d

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [December 21, 2003, 9:24pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/what-mean-in-this-case/38328/4 "2003-12-21T21:24:30Z")

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& is the defualt in PHP, but you can change it to whatever you want if you have full control of the server. But the standard for parsing variables is &

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [December 21, 2003, 9:33pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/what-mean-in-this-case/38328/5 "2003-12-21T21:33:45Z")

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& is the standard for an HTML query string (standard MIME format application/x-www-form-urlencoded), not necessarily PHP specifically ;). In the case of that link, you just get one variable equaling

thread;threadid=52

That variable can then be interpretted any way you wish - split by ‘;’ characters or however you want all depending on whatever backend you write to support it.

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [December 23, 2003, 9:06am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/what-mean-in-this-case/38328/6 "2003-12-23T09:06:26Z")

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right !  
I think they use explode then they use array to get each variable. and I test, it’s worked! congratualate me !

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [December 23, 2003, 9:32am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/what-mean-in-this-case/38328/7 "2003-12-23T09:32:23Z")

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congrats 😉