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pete_bisby

The ampersand is causing the break in the URL - PHP populates the $_GET array from the URL. Everything to the right of the question mark goes to the $_GET array, with each pair of key/values.
E.g.
http://someurl.com?field1=value1&field2=value2
$_GET["field1"] = "value1"
$_GET["field2"] = "value2"

Now because you have an ampersand in the URL, PHP thinks it is a new variable, which is the reason why the second half is disappearning.

The solution: encode the URL correctly - look at htmlentities(), htmlspecialchars() or urlencode()

pete_bisby Go4Expert Member
17Nov2008,00:13
	The ampersand is causing the break in the URL - PHP populates the $_GET array from the URL. Everything to the right of the question mark goes to the $_GET array, with each pair of key/values. E.g. http://someurl.com?field1=value1&field2=value2 $_GET["field1"] = "value1" $_GET["field2"] = "value2" Now because you have an ampersand in the URL, PHP thinks it is a new variable, which is the reason why the second half is disappearning. The solution: encode the URL correctly - look at htmlentities(), htmlspecialchars() or urlencode()