Re: Problems with quotes in URL

OK, this is the URL that my code produces after it get's the my_var from the mysql table. my_var in the table is => whatever whatever "whatever whatever" So I do a select and I do a $my_var = $myrow['my_var'] (after all the proper mumbo jumbo about the $myrow = mysql_fetc_assoc...etc.) I then do a $my_var = addslashes($my_var)as well as $my_var = urlencode($my_var). Then I simply create a link like so: echo '<a href="page.php?my_var='.$my_var.'&next_var=blabla">link</a>'; Clicking on that link displays exactly the following in the browser's URL location: page.php?my_var=whatever+whatever++%5C%22whatever+whatever%5C%22&next_var=blabla And now, on page.php If I do an echo stripslashes($my_var); I get exactly this: whatever whatever \ What am I missing? On Wed, 2003-06-18 at 11:18, Chris Hayes wrote: > >IN a mysql db, I would have a name like :[ whatever "whatever" ] > > > >I do a select on the table and then echo the name on a page, as well as > >add it to a url: > > > >page.php?myvar=$myvar > > > >where $myvar contains the [ whatever "whatever" ] > > > >Now, when I try to echo $myvar on the page.php, I don't get the entire > >story. > > > >I tried to addslashes() before the url line, I tried urlencode() and > >htmlspecialchars, all causes an echo of $myvar on the page.php page to > >only display whatever , or, whatever \ but NEVER, whatever "whatever" > > > What does your link in which 'whatever' is look like ? > How do you test to see what is in the variable? > > > This does the job for me: > > <?PHP > > if ($_GET['x']=='') > {$i='whatever "Whatever"'; > echo '<a > href="get.php?x='.urlencode($i).'">link</a>'; > > } > else > > echo 'x is '.urldecode($_GET['x']); > > ?> > > and the url looks > like:http://www.XXXXX.nl/get.php?x=whatever+%22Whatever%22 > > > > > >