URL Encoding Issue %3D instead of (=)

Question

I have a url that's displayed from a variable in a search form, but due to the url encoding, its putting the "%3d" instead of the "=" sign, which obviously doesn't work. I know you can't "turn off" url encoding can you? Don't you have to set it up to allow special characters? Here is the code: Again, I need the = signs below to show in the resulting url, not %3d ```
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Accepted Answer

Do you mean that you want the submitted form data to look like this:

```
custom_field_id[]=10=custom_field_value_10=Full-time
```

In either the URL query string, or in the POST body of an `application/x-www-webform-urlencoded` request? If so, then no, you cannot do that. That is a violation of both the URL and `application/x-www-webform-urlencoded` specifications. `=` is a reserved separator character that cannot appear unencoded in the `name` and `value` fields, it must be url-encoded as `%3D`:

```
custom_field_id%5B%5D%3D10=custom_field_value_10%3DFull-time
```

It is the receiver's responsibility to url-decode the submitted data before then processing it. As such, it would see `custom_field_id[]=10` and `custom_field_value_10=Full-time` values, just as they appeared in the original HTML.

URL Encoding Issue %3D instead of (=)

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