Added more flexible param separator option

system/config/system.yaml

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 absolute_urls: false                   # Absolute or relative URLs for `base_url`
 timezone: ''                           # Valid values: http://php.net/manual/en/timezones.php
+param_sep: ':'                         # Parameter separator
 
 home:
   alias: '/home'                       # Default path for home, ie /

system/src/Grav/Common/Grav.php

@@ -178,6 +178,7 @@ class Grav extends Container
         // Initialize configuration.
         $debugger->startTimer('_config', 'Configuration');
         $this['config']->init();
+        $this['uri']->init();
         $this['errors']->resetHandlers();
         $debugger->init();
         $this['config']->debug();

system/src/Grav/Common/Uri.php

@@ -64,9 +64,6 @@ class Uri
         $this->base = $base;
         $this->root = $base . $root_path;
         $this->url = $base . $uri;
-
-        $this->init();
-
     }
 
     /**
@@ -74,25 +71,16 @@ class Uri
      */
     public function init()
     {
+        $config = Grav::instance()['config'];
+
         // get any params and remove them
         $uri = str_replace($this->root, '', $this->url);
 
-        $this->params = array();
-        if (strpos($uri, ':')) {
-            $bits = explode('/', $uri);
-            $path = array();
-            foreach ($bits as $bit) {
-                if (strpos($bit, ':') !== false) {
-                    $param = explode(':', $bit);
-                    if (count($param) == 2) {
-                        $this->params[$param[0]] = str_replace('%7C', '/', filter_var($param[1], FILTER_SANITIZE_STRING));
-                    }
-                } else {
-                    $path[] = $bit;
-                }
-            }
-            $uri = implode('/', $path);
-        }
+        // reset params
+        $this->params = [];
+
+        // process params
+        $uri = $this->processParams($uri, $config->get('system.param_sep'));
 
         // remove the extension if there is one set
         $parts = pathinfo($uri);
@@ -120,6 +108,34 @@ class Uri
         }
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Process any params based in this URL, supports any valid delimiter
+     *
+     * @param        $uri
+     * @param string $delimiter
+     *
+     * @return string
+     */
+    private function processParams($uri, $delimiter = ':')
+    {
+        if (strpos($uri, $delimiter) !== false) {
+            $bits = explode('/', $uri);
+            $path = array();
+            foreach ($bits as $bit) {
+                if (strpos($bit, $delimiter) !== false) {
+                    $param = explode($delimiter, $bit);
+                    if (count($param) == 2) {
+                        $this->params[$param[0]] = str_replace(urlencode($delimiter), '/', filter_var($param[1], FILTER_SANITIZE_STRING));
+                    }
+                } else {
+                    $path[] = $bit;
+                }
+            }
+            $uri = implode('/', $path);
+        }
+        return $uri;
+    }
+
     /**
      * Return URI path.
      *
@@ -174,15 +190,17 @@ class Uri
      */
     public function params($id = null)
     {
+        $config = Grav::instance()['config'];
+
         $params = null;
         if ($id === null) {
             $output = array();
             foreach ($this->params as $key => $value) {
-                $output[] = $key . ':' . $value;
+                $output[] = $key . $config->get('system.param_sep') . $value;
                 $params = '/'.implode('/', $output);
             }
         } elseif (isset($this->params[$id])) {
-            $params = "/{$id}:".$this->params[$id];
+            $params = "/{$id}". $config->get('system.param_sep') . $this->params[$id];
         }
 
         return $params;
@@ -232,6 +250,8 @@ class Uri
     /**
      * Return the Extension of the URI
      *
+     * @param null $default
+     *
      * @return String The extension of the URI
      */
     public function extension($default = null)