Problem displaying this folder name from my server

[JustinStone]

Hey everyone.

 

I have a folder on my server named this     abc$45$def$45$ghi

Originally, before a script created this folder on my server, it was name    abc-def-ghi

So it took the '-'s and put in some special characters.

 

Now, what you see below does not work. When I try to use the folder name below, my url box in my browser only shows some of it.

 

$var = " abc$45$def$45$ghi";

header("location: http://mysite.com/myscript.php?type=" . $var . "";

 

the above outputs in my url box the following.

 

http:///www.mysite.com/myscript.php?type=abc$45$$45

 

Any ideas ?

 

 

[JustinStone]

Oopps, Think I found a problem with my line of code. Should be ok now.

[jazzman1]

Have you ever heard about properly naming file and directory names under Unix/Linux or some other operating systems? Why are you using a dollar sign as a part of directory name?