PHP function to build query string from array - not http build query

Question

Hello I know all about http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.http-build-query.php to do this however I have a little problem.

It \"handly\" turns boolean values into

Answer 1

have a look at my wheel:

function buildSoQuery(array $array) {
    $parts = array();
    foreach ($array as $key => $value) {
        $parts[] = urlencode($key).'='.(is_bool($value)?($value?'true':'false'):urlencode($value));
    }
    return implode('&', $parts);
}