if value contains & and i am using get method tp pass data to another form

[vishal]

hi

i am using get method to pass data from one form to another and my
value may contain & symbol. so when this is case the value after & sign
is truncated which is logically true.

so what should i do to solve this problem

and if value contain ? symbol then it will make any difference?????
i have not checked this but just it came in mind right now so i am
asking you.
is there any otehr characters which i should consider except & and ?
while using get methos to pass data from one form to another
thxs for your reply in advance

[Erwin Moller]

vishal wrote:

hi

i am using get method to pass data from one form to another and my
value may contain & symbol. so when this is case the value after & sign
is truncated which is logically true.

so what should i do to solve this problem

and if value contain ? symbol then it will make any difference?????
i have not checked this but just it came in mind right now so i am
asking you.
is there any otehr characters which i should consider except & and ?
while using get methos to pass data from one form to another
thxs for your reply in advance

Hi,

You should ALWAYS url-encode your values.
Look at this:

$name= "Zaphod Breeblebox";
$age = "how should I know?";
$favfood = "fish&fries ";

Now if you want to send that as an url in name/value pairs, do this:

$url = "http://www.yoursite.co m/somescript.php? ";
$url .= "name=".urlenco de($name);
$url .= "&age=".urlenco de($age);
$url .= "&favfood=".url encode($favfood );

now $url contains a valid encoded url with name/value pairs.

header ("Location: $url");
Hope that helps.

Regards,
Erwin Moller