PHP: Fix url query parameters starting with "&" instead of "?"

Snippet shows you how to fix url query parameters starting with "&" instead of "?". This can be useful when you have to use "parse_url" function. It cannot detect query parameters when they start with ampersand instead of question mark. Since browsers are working with different logic, you might need this "hack".

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// Hack for false urls, where query parameters start with "&" instead of "?".
if (strpos($url, '?') === false) {
  // Count on str_replace accepts only variable, not a direct integer.
  $count = 1;
  $url = str_replace('&', '?', $url, $count);
}
Programming Language: PHP

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PHP: Fix url query parameters starting with "&" instead of "?"

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