Variable to URL with special character

[tjverge]

<form action="main.php?id=test.php" method="post">
<input name="name" type="text" />
<input name="submit" type="submit" value="Look Up" />
</form>
<?php
if(isset($_POST['submit'])) {
$today = date("Y-m-d");
$pname = rawurlencode($_POST['name']);
$xml_feed_url = 'http://api.eve-online.com/eve/CharacterID.xml.aspx?names='.$pname.'';

 

The above works perfect until the user enters a character like ' to the box, how do I get it to pass the ' into the address?

 

Thank you

[AbraCadaver]

If:

echo $pname;

Gives: %5C%27 instead of %27, then magic_quotes_gpc is enabled and you need:

$pname = rawurlencode(stripslashes($_POST['name']));

 

 

[tjverge]

Thanks it fixed it