Issue with ampersand in URL

Discussion in 'PHP' started by byteventures, Oct 28, 2008.

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    I have been encountering an issue where the ampersand (&) in my string is being passed through to the URL, and subsequently cut off in the browser. Is there a way to convert the ampersand in my string to "%26"? Or is there another solution?

    Here's the code I'm working with.

    $lcname= ($cname);
		$catlist.="<tr><td valign='top'><h3><a href='".SITEROOT."search.php?keyword=".$lcname."'></a>
    PHP:
    The URL will appear as www.site(dot)com/search.php?keyword=up_&_down
    The search will appear as "up_" and is missing the &_down part.

    Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance for your comments.
     
    byteventures, Oct 28, 2008 IP
  2. wendallb

    wendallb Active Member

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    Try &amp;

    Use this instead of &
     
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  3. ads2help

    ads2help Peon

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    convert it to %26.

    use urlencode()

    $lcname= ($cname);
        $catlist.="<tr><td valign='top'><h3><a href='".SITEROOT."search.php?keyword=".urlencode($lcname)."'></a>
    PHP:

    The & is still there
     
    ads2help, Oct 28, 2008 IP
  4. byteventures

    byteventures Guest

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    Ads2Help - That was exactly what I had been looking for. I couldn't remember how to put it together. Thanks!
     
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