Command line args HELP!!!

Hey all, I tried passing an argument to a php script that had a plus sign (+) in one of the arguments. Observe the following: <sciptname> http://altavista.com/sites/search/web?q=task+management&pg=q&kl=XX As it turns out the argument gets split into two seperate arguments, but I would like to keep it as one argument. Does anyone know how to accomplish this. I posted a bug report to bugs.php.net, and they responded by telling me to read: http://www.php.net/manual/en/language.variables.external.php But still after searching that page for the information I was looking for, nothing seemed to work. Am I missing something. Please let me know. Thanks, Paul