$_GET_BINARY

$_GET_BINARY is an array variable, translated from the QUERY_STRING. It is identical to $_GET except that it does not perform any character set translation.

# Metadata

Platforms: server OS: mac, windows, linux Introduced: 4.6.3 Security:

# Syntax

$_GET_BINARY

# Examples

put $_GET_BINARY into tGetArray

put uniEncode($_GET_BINARY["cat"], "UTF8") into tUnicodeCategory

# Description

Use the $_GET_BINARY keyword to access the array generated from the QUERY_STRING component of a URL.

For example: http://www.website.com?variable1=value1&variable2=value2

$_GET_BINARY is only available when running in CGI mode (Server).

>*Note:* The data is not converted to the native character of the > current platform. For example, if the query string contains unicode > characters $_GET_BINARY returns the untranslated binary characters.

# Tags

# See

- **keyword:** $_POST_RAW, $_GET_RAW, $_POST, $_POST_BINARY, $_SERVER, $_GET