bmkobzar

#!/bin/bash
phpurlencode() {
  local hexchars="0123456789ABCDEF"
  local string="${1}"
  local strlen=${#string}
  local encoded=""

  for (( pos=0 ; pos<strlen ; pos++ )); do
        c=${string:$pos:1}
        if [ "$c" == ' ' ];then
                encoded+='+'
        elif ( [[ "$c" != '!' ]] && [ "$c" \< "0" ] && [[ "$c" != "-" ]] && [[ "$c" != "." ]] ) || ( [ "$c" \< 'A' ] && [ "$c" \> '9' ]  ) || ( [ "$c" \> 'Z' ] && [ "$c" \< 'a' ] && [[ "$c" != '_' ]]  ) || ( [ "$c" \> 'z' ] );then
                hc=`printf '%X' "'$c"`
                dc=`printf '%d' "'$c"`
                encoded+='%'
                f=$(( $dc >> 4 ))
                s=$(( $dc & 15 ))
                encoded+=${hexchars:$f:1}
                encoded+=${hexchars:$s:1}
        else
                encoded+=$c
        fi
  done
  echo "${encoded}"    # You can either set a return variable (FASTER) 
  REPLY="${encoded}"   #+or echo the result (EASIER)... or both... :p
}

echo $1 
echo http://url/q?=$( phpurlencode "$1" )