urlencode/decode problem

Anon

im using urlencode() to send a name with SPACES like "Michael Asdsf", and on the next page im printing it with urlencode() but im only gettin the "Michael" and not the "Asdsf",

here is part of the first and second page script.

--1st page--
<A HREF="create_privado.php3?destino=<? echo htmlspecialchars (urlencode($myrow[user])); ?>"><? echo htmlspecialchars($myrow[user]); ?></A>
--end--

--2nd page--
<?$destino=urldecode($destino); ?>
<td bgcolor="#99BEE3"><input type="Text" name="destino" value=<? echo "$destino"; ?>>
--end--

de second page its part of a Form, but dont worry about that.

Thanks...

Anon

Odd. You shouldn't need the second level of encoding: urlencode() should be enough. Here's a little test script that exercises these functions:

  <?php

  $data = "Page & Plant";

  echo "htmlspecialchars() = " . htmlspecialchars($data) . "\n";
  echo "urlencode() = " . urlencode($data) . "\n";
  echo "ht..(url..()) = " . htmlspecialchars(urlencode($data)) . "\n";
  echo "url..(ht..()) = " . urlencode(htmlspecialchars($data)) . "\n";

This results in the following text being sent to the browser:

  htmlspecialchars() = Page &amp; Plant
  urlencode() = Page+%26+Plant
  ht..(url..()) = Page+%26+Plant
  url..(ht..()) = Page+%26amp%3B+Plant

Anon

It looks like what you need to do is make sure you end up with value="Michael Asdsf" on your second page form. From looking at your code, I'm guessing you don't have the quotes. If you have value=Michael Asdsf, the 'Michael' is all you see.

You can either backslash the quotes within your echo statement, or move them outside the php code to the html level.

name="destino" value="<? echo $destino ?>">

name="destino" value=<? echo \"$destino\" ?>>

anitha_p

HI,
When I use rawurlencode()and placing a string something like

select * from themes like "%Lincoln's Biography%" and themes.thumb_fname=image_list.thumb_fname

when it goes to the next page it encodes it something like
select * from themes like \"%Lincoln\\'s Biography%\" and themes.thumb_fname=image_list.thumb_fname

How do i get rid of '\' which i do not want.
can anyone help me?
Thanks
Anitha