whats the proper way to pass &s and 's via a url?

Hi All,

OK i am having some trouble passing the & and 's in a url, well not so much the & but im getting a /' for the 's.

here is what i have tried

Set my string
$short_title = 'a string';
$short_title=htmlspecialchars($short_title);

pass the value in my url
<a href="price_results.php?title=<?php echo urlencode($short_title)?>&amp;category=<?php echo $category; ?>">

and on the price_results page i have this
if(isset($_GET['title'])){
$searchterm = stripslashes($_GET['title']);
$searchterm = html_entity_decode($_GET['title']);
}


which i asume is where im going wrong?

any suggestions please
thanks

try removing the htmlspecialchars() function, and just use the urlencode()

still the same mate.

Just let http_build_query() handle it for you:

<?php

$short_title = 'a title';
$category = 'a category';

$query_string = http_build_query( array(
'title' => $short_title,
'category' => $category,
) );

?>

<a href="price_results.php?<?php echo $query_string ?>">...

or you could just str_replace("\'","'",$_GET['title']);
and the amps work fine with the urlencode()

Just let http_build_query() handle it for you:

<?php

$short_title = 'a title';
$category = 'a category';

$query_string = http_build_query( array(
'title' => $short_title,
'category' => $category,
) );

?>

<a href="price_results.php?<?php echo $query_string ?>">...



has the exact same result, he just doesn't want the slash in there.

yeah the amps work fine with the urlencode() its just the ' always has a backslash infront of it,

thanks for the string replace option, i'll use that as a last resort as there has to be a reason as to why im getting the \ just gotta find the correct solution :)

thanks
Luke

well stripslashes($_GET['title']); also works actually.

im currently using the stripslashes but its not making any difference :(

i have tried this on the price results page

$searchterm = stripslashes($_GET['title']);
$searchterm = urldecode($_GET['title']);


because i thought the urlencode was adding the slash but im still getting the slash :(

will check through my code again to see if i have anyother code which may be causing this to happen.

i have remove all the string functions

so i have this
<a href="price_results.php?title=<?php echo $short_title?>&amp;category=<?php echo $category; ?>">

and on the price results page i have this
$searchterm = $_GET['title'];

but still the slash lol

yah, just use the replace function. I don't generally pass sting data in the querystring so I've never really had this issue.

yeah mate looks like the only way? will try it later :)

thanks

try html_encode() or htmlencode() can't remember which it is

try html_encode() or htmlencode() can't remember which it is

Neither one of those are functions.

Hi Guys, its ok i had a brain wave and managed to sort it out :)

the reason why it wasnt working was because i was trying to strip the slashes from a urlencoded string and then urldecode afterwards.

if(isset($_GET['title'])){
$searchterm = stripslashes($_GET['title']);
$searchterm = urldecode($_GET['title']);
}

where as i should urldecode the string first then strip the slashes
if(isset($_GET['title'])){
$searchterm = urldecode($_GET['title']);
$searchterm = stripslashes($_GET['title']);
}

that dont the trick :D

thanks
Luke