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Apache Configuration Directives</A> <br><hr> </DIV> <!--End of Navigation Panel--> <H2><A NAME="SECTION006420000000000000000"> </A> <BR> 4.4.2 Other functions </H2> <P> <dl><dt><b><a name='l2h-132'><tt class='function'>parse_qs</tt></a></b>(<var>qs</var><big>[</big><var>, keep_blank_values, strict_parsing</var><big>]</big>) <dd> <P> This functnion is functionally equivalent to the standard library <tt class="module">cgi</tt> <tt class="function">parse_qs</tt>, except that it is written in C and is much faster. <P> Parse a query string given as a string argument (data of type <span class="mimetype">application/x-www-form-urlencoded</span>). Data are returned as a dictionary. The dictionary keys are the unique query variable names and the values are lists of values for each name. <P> The optional argument <var>keep_blank_values</var> is a flag indicating whether blank values in URL encoded queries should be treated as blank strings. A true value indicates that blanks should be retained as blank strings. The default false value indicates that blank values are to be ignored and treated as if they were not included. <P> <b>Note:</b> The <var>strict_parsing</var> argument is not yet implemented. <P> </dl> <P> <dl><dt><b><a name='l2h-133'><tt class='function'>parse_qsl</tt></a></b>(<var>qs</var><big>[</big><var>, keep_blank_values, strict_parsing</var><big>]</big>) <dd> <P> This functnion is functionally equivalent to the standard library <tt class="module">cgi</tt> <tt class="function">parse_qsl</tt>, except that it is written in C and is much faster. <P> Parse a query string given as a string argument (data of type <span class="mimetype">application/x-www-form-urlencoded</span>). Data are returned as a list of name, value pairs. <P> The optional argument <var>keep_blank_values</var> is a flag indicating whether blank values in URL encoded queries should be treated as blank strings. A true value indicates that blanks should be retained as blank strings. 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