How'd I properly ampersand separate query string array param and format the URL along with it?

Question

My code's causing some strange behavior and I'm not sure why.

For some reason, the http_build_query($valuesArr, '', '&'); line isn't separating with & and instead it's separating with %.

$values = $request->get('allValues');

$valuesArr = [
    'valueOne' => $values,
    'valueTwo' => $values
];

http_build_query($valuesArr, '', ','); // separating with `%` instead of `,`

$queryParams = ['allValues' => (object) $valuesArr]; // cast array to object

dd($queryParams);

Whenever I do dd($queryParams);, the result is (it's also missing the , to separate valueOne and valueTwo for some reason):

^ array:2 [
  {
     "valueOne" => "0684857340;0684857340429"
     "valueTwo" => "0684857340;0684857340429"
  }
]

How can I make it so that it looks like:

^ array:2 [
  {
      "valueOne" => "0684857340",
      "valueTwo" => "0684857340429"
  }
]

and the final url looks like (and optionally allow one value passed as well):

mySite.test/api?value=0684857340&0684857340429

Output of dd($request->get('allValues'));:

0684857340&0684857340429

Answer 1

If your format is always the same (number & number), then this should work.

$values = $request->get('allValues');
// string '0684857340&0684857340429'

$keysArray = ['valueOne', 'valueTwo'];
$valuesArray = explode('&', $values);
// array ['0684857340', '0684857340429']

$queryArray = array_combine($keysArray, $valuesArray);
// array ['valueOne' => '0684857340', 'valueTwo' => '0684857340429']

$query = http_build_query($queryArray);
// string 'valueOne=0684857340&valueTwo=0684857340429'

If you don't know how many numbers you'll get (number or number & number & number....), then maybe using an array would be better.

$values = $request->get('allValues');
// string '0684857340&0684857340429'

$valuesArray = explode('&', $values);
// array ['0684857340', '0684857340429']

$queryArray = ['values' => $valuesArray];
// array ['values' => [...]]

$query = http_build_query($queryArray);
// string  'values%5B0%5D=number1&values%5B1%5D=number2&values%5B2%5D=...'
// decoded 'values[0]=number1&values[1]=number2....