note 19997 added to function.urlencode

//to put in db: //encode the url so that + character //doesn't become a space in the db $url=urlencode($url); $url=mysql_escape_string($url); And then: //to retrieve from db: $url=urldecode($url); $url = str_replace(" ", "+", $url); The str_replace call is strange but needed. I don't 100% understand the details as to why this works but it seems to work well and be reliable. A little thought and it would probably be clear but I'm rushed ... -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.urlencode.php http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=edit+19997 http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+19997 http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=reject+19997