passing variables in url

[contra10]

hey,

 

I'm trying to pass a variable in my url and i think im suppose to use slashes for this one because the variable that I'm passing contains an & in it. In this case the variable l=R&B but when the page recieves the link it interprets l as just R because the & sign follows after making it seem as if there is another variable that is supposed to be passed along.

 

<?php echo "<div class='date'><a href='http://www.site.com/music/plisting.php?l=R&B'>View All ($rnbcountp)</a></div>"; ?>

[mikesta707]

use url_encode on the variable

[Bricktop]

Hi contra10,

 

Use urlencode() to do this.

[contra10]

i did this and it worked

 

<?php echo "<div class='date'>";
echo '<a href="http://www.site.com/music/plisting.php?l=', rawurlencode('R&B'), '">';
echo "View All ($rnbcountp)</a></div>"; ?>