I have this very weird problem which can't seem to resolve. Would greatly appreciate some help. Here is what my mod_rewrite section of htaccess looks like Options +FollowSymLinks RewriteEngine On RewriteBase / RewriteOptions MaxRedirects=4 RewriteRule ([^/]+)/([^/]+) /2music/song2.php?type={ifsearch:GoogleAdWordsSearch}{ifcontent:GoogleAdWordsContent}&src=gadw&campaign=SongTone&artist=$1&titel=$2 If I have use a url such as http://www.mysite.com/2Pac/Song , everything works great However, in many cases I need to include + signs in the URL for the php script I am using. But if I use a URL like http://www.mysite.com/Juice+Newton/Angel+Of+The+Morning , the system automatically replaces all plus signs with spaces. This only happens when I have mod_rewrite enabled.