problem with urlencode

Hi there, I have a problem putting through a variable which contains an & in the string. When the variabele is something like: <a href="test.php?name=rob&sjoerd">click here</a> the next file sees $name as rob instead of $name=rob & sjoerd i've tried the urlencode function but that doesn't work. Somebody, thanks ________________________________________ Sjoerd van Oosten Digitaal vormgever svoosten@esites.nl Datamex E-sites B.V. http://www.esites.nl Minervum 7368 Telefoon: (076) 5 730 730 4817 ZH BREDA Telefax: (076) 5 877 757 _______________________________________