the problem is very simple i need to escape the "/" char from the url. dont say its "%2F" coz my server doesnt take parameter as "index.php?key=parameter" it takes parameter as "home/key/parameter" format. and for my server putting "%2F" by urlencode(parameter) doest work. it shows object not found. what am i supposed to do? how do i escape "/" in a server where it takes parameter by "/" itself?? please help. example: index.php?path=drive%2Ffolder works pretty fine in other server. but on my system home/path/drive%2Ffolder would throw an error. what can i do? btw i am using zend framework.