Hi, I have a php page where i am getting argument from another page.The argument contains values similar to "Repair & Maintenance".If i retrieve that argument using $_GET method i am getting only "Repair" as the value.I need the value to be "Repair & Maintenance".How can i get this. Regards Rekha
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()
Use urlencode PHP: $url = "http://www.go4expert.com/index.php?value=".urlencode('Repair & Maintenance');//http://www.go4expert.com/index.php?value=Repair%20%26%20Maintenance