On Wed, 2 Apr 2003, Andy Cedilnik wrote:

> Simple question. I want to use:
> ::curl_easy_setopt(curl,CURLOPT_URL, someurl.c_str());
>
> So I create someurl:
>
> someurl = "ftp://"
> someurl += username;
> someurl += ":";
> someurl += password;
> someurl += "@"
> someurl += hostname;
> someurl += remotedir;
>
> Now, when username or password contain @, the whole thing fails. Curl is
> attempting to use <part of password>@hostname as the hostname.
>
> So, do I escape @? Maybe something like %40?

Yes, username and password should both be URL encoded. You can use
curl_escape() to do it.

-- 
 Daniel Stenberg -- curl, cURL, Curl, CURL. Groks URLs.
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