title: PHP vs Django argument separators
body: <p>I've been re-writing a Django server in PHP (I have plenty of reasons to do this), and have run into a problem with arguments via e.g. <code>$_REQUEST</code>.</p>
  
  <p>Django expects arguments to be formatted as: <code>id=822;date_accepted=2011-03-30 17:33:41;</code> (this is what the clients use, so this is what I want to use).
  However, PHP expects arguments to be formatted as: <code>id=822&amp;date_accepted=2011-03-30 17:33:41;</code>.</p>
  
  <p>So, when I read $_REQUEST in PHP, it comes out as: <code>"id" =&gt; "822;date_accepted=2011-03-30 17:33:41;"</code>, rather than: <code>"id" =&gt; "822", "date_accepted" =&gt; "2011-03-30 17:33:41"</code>.</p>
  
  <p>Is there anyway to get the arguments separated correctly?</p>