Spaces Problem php & mysql

I have a form on one server which takes a name in one field, intentionally including spaces as a full name. That value shows up as a form variable as I intended when I display it on the same server. It is sent to another server and written to a mysql database there. At that time, only the first word in the field is written. When the value is returned by the same php script that received and wrote the database, the only thing left in the field is the first word. Length of the word seems to have nothing to do with this. I've been pounding my head (and the keyboard with searches) over this. Do I have to take the first entry apart with string functions to get my desired end, which is the entire name in one field in the database? TIA, Paul