PHP: Program to pass data using character encoding (GET Parameter)

PHP program to pass data as GET parameters

<?php
// PHP 5 how to pass data as a query string
/*
http_build_query is a function in PHP 5 that enables you to URL encode the query string. You can pass an array or an array of array to this function. The default separator is "&"
*/

$data = array("first_name" => "Robert",
                "last_name" => "Brown",
                "address" => "123 Adam St., New York"
            );

// URI formatted with character encoding
$pass_string = "http://localhost/demo.php?".http_build_query($data, '');

echo "<h2>Query URI (using http_build_query)</h2><br />";
echo $pass_string;            
?>

Ouput from the above execution: Query URI (using http_build_query) http://localhost/demo.php?first_name=Robert&last_name=Brown&address=123+Adam+St.%2C+New+York