seo url using php

[szkgroove]

Hello,

Need help with creating seo url using php, I have cattegory list on page cat.php where I generate URL

using this code:

 

<a href="item.php?id=<?=$values[$i]['itemid']?>&<?=$values[$i]['itemname']?>

 

As result I get what I want but with bunch of spaces that creates URL with lots of %20

I would like to replace %20 with dash

I can not use mod_rewrite since there is unknown amount of spaces so I need to do it using php.

For one item there are 4 links and I should do it separate for all 4 links so it would be good if there is any way to modify

this line of code or put some code right before it so it points just for that link

 

Thanks

[pmccall2]

http://php.net/manual/en/function.str-replace.php