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Oct 06.2008

What is a max length you can pass through a get variable?

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@scragarOct 06.2008 — that's all dependent on the browser, I'd assume a 255 limit, but that's unlikely to be a true representation of most browsers.
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@NogDogOct 06.2008 — As Scragar alludes to, there is no specific maximum length for a URI in the HTTP standards, so it's up to each browser as to what it decides to support, plus your web server may have its own maximum that it will allow. If your URL query string is going to be more than a couple hundred characters, it's probably time to either consider using a post-method form instead (for which you can use CSS to make it look like of link, if that's the issue) or else to refactor things so that you do not need to send so much data in the URL.
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@sc_kingauthorOct 07.2008 — Is there a way to shorten the length of the uri but keep its structure intact?

Does encryption do this?

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@NogDogOct 07.2008 — Encryption almost always makes things longer. You could try using some sort of compression, but then you'll probably have to base64_encode it or something simillar, which will likely undo much of the compression.

But ultimately, why so much data in a URL? Why not post it instead?
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