strange urlencode/decode problem

Perhaps I'm tired, perhaps I've missed something obvious, but I can't get this simple thing which I practically does every week to work… Ok, here is what I do: <?php $foo = urlencode("Delete from whatever where ditten = 'datten'"); echo '<a href="foo.php?strSQL=' . $foo . '">Click here to test</a>'; ?> I sidan foo.php skriver jag: <?php echo urldecode($_GET["strSQL"]); ?> and gets the result: Delete from whatever where ditten = \'datten\' The question is why PHP escapes the single qoutes? This has never happened to me before, except if I have been using addslashes() or similiar functions… And they occur even if I don't urlencode at all… Why!?!?!?!? Sincerely Victor Spång Arthursson - Copenhagen