Title: rawurlencode_deep
Published: April 25, 2014
Last modified: February 24, 2026

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# rawurlencode_deep( mixed $value ): mixed

## In this article

 * [Parameters](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/rawurlencode_deep/?output_format=md#parameters)
 * [Return](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/rawurlencode_deep/?output_format=md#return)
 * [Source](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/rawurlencode_deep/?output_format=md#source)
 * [Related](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/rawurlencode_deep/?output_format=md#related)
 * [Changelog](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/rawurlencode_deep/?output_format=md#changelog)

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Navigates through an array, object, or scalar, and raw-encodes the values to be 
used in a URL.

## 󠀁[Parameters](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/rawurlencode_deep/?output_format=md#parameters)󠁿

 `$value`mixedrequired

The array or string to be encoded.

## 󠀁[Return](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/rawurlencode_deep/?output_format=md#return)󠁿

 mixed The encoded value.

## 󠀁[Source](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/rawurlencode_deep/?output_format=md#source)󠁿

    ```php
    function rawurlencode_deep( $value ) {
    	return map_deep( $value, 'rawurlencode' );
    }
    ```

[View all references](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/files/wp-includes/formatting.php/)
[View on Trac](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/browser/tags/6.9.4/src/wp-includes/formatting.php#L2896)
[View on GitHub](https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/blob/6.9.4/src/wp-includes/formatting.php#L2896-L2898)

## 󠀁[Related](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/rawurlencode_deep/?output_format=md#related)󠁿

| Uses | Description | 
| [map_deep()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/map_deep/)`wp-includes/formatting.php` |

Maps a function to all non-iterable elements of an array or an object.

  |

| Used by | Description | 
| [get_avatar_data()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/get_avatar_data/)`wp-includes/link-template.php` |

Retrieves default data about the avatar.

  | 
| [redirect_canonical()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/redirect_canonical/)`wp-includes/canonical.php` |

Redirects incoming links to the proper URL based on the site url.

  |

## 󠀁[Changelog](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/rawurlencode_deep/?output_format=md#changelog)󠁿

| Version | Description | 
| [3.4.0](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/since/3.4.0/) | Introduced. |

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