Hashtag in URL in Laravel 5

Question

I have a search input for customers. The customers have an address, and some of the addresses contain the number sign, for example #51 Scout Fuentebella. I included address in my search.

My route:

Route::get('customer/search/{input}', 'CustomerController@search');

Whenever I search for their address like localhost:8000/customer/search/#51 Sc, I get the following error:

NotFoundHttpException in RouteCollection.php line 161:

Everything after `#` (including the character itself) does not get sent to the server. — Charlotte Dunois, Dec 12 '16 at 08:22
No. The hash is only relevant for the client (it's used for the `a` anchor). — Charlotte Dunois, Dec 12 '16 at 08:24
Okay, maybe I'll check if there is a hash in input or not then, remove it and do the search. — Al bassam, Dec 12 '16 at 08:28

score 6 · Accepted Answer · answered Dec 12 '16 at 17:09

The hash mark (#) has special meaning inside of a url. It marks the start of the fragment identifier and is only handled on the client side. Nothing after the # will be sent to the server.

If your url needs to have a hash inside of it, then you need to urlencode the data before building the url.

# encodes to %23, so for your example, localhost:8000/customer/search/%2351%20Sc should work fine.

Hashtag in URL in Laravel 5

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