[SOLVED] proper passing of '&' in text field

[damerit]

Problem: The below code of field "callersCompany" chops off the remaining fields when there is an '&' sign. For example, "Smith & Wesson". Everything after Smith is lost.

 

Question: What php method would solve this? Or, how could I handle the passing of the '&' sign? I tried htmlspecialchars().

$fccmail=$chkemail."?importance=High&subject=".$notifTsubj." ".$row_Record['callersCompany']." - ".$row_Record['callerCity'].", ".$row_Record['callerStateProv']." - ".$row_Record['pType']." - ".$row_Record['sType']."&"

 

Thanks.

[Maq]

It's not the & sign, well it is but first it's the space.  You need to use URLencode().

[damerit]

Thank you, Maq. I did notice that a '+' sign was added between the spaces of the text using the urlencode() function. I wounder if I should use the the grep function.

[Maq]

You should see a "%20" instead of the spaces in the URL.  Check out, urlencode().  You can also decode it using urldecode().

[damerit]

This is solved. It was the rawurlencode() function that worked. The urlencode() function added '+' signs for spaces. 

 

How do we post this as solved?

 

Thanks again, Maq.

[discomatt]

There's a solved button. And you want spaces as + signs if you're using it in a URL... according to standards anyways.

[Maq]

No problem, glad I could help, yeah there a topic solved button or something in the lower left hand.