Http_get_vars!

[Anon]

Yo,

I want to get a variable from the address-field, the value of that variable is: \\"something+something\\". The problem is that the plus (+) disapears when i collect the variable into the script, with http_get_vars, so it becomes \\"something something\\", which is wrong! I must have the + also!

I tried with stripslashes (see code below), but it didn\\'t work.
Somebody knows how i fix this?

$test = $HTTP_GET_VARS[\\"artist\\"];
stripslashes($test);

[Anon]

The reason the + is dissappearing is because + in a URL get is translated into a space. You can't stop this.

IF you are generating the URL that has "something+something" as a value, you can try something like this:

$mylink = "<a href=\"myfile.php?variable=" . urlencode("something+something") . "\">Click Here</a>";

This should come back as with a + sign as you originally wanted...

More info here: http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.urlencode.php

Also, take a look at $QUERY_STRING. It will be the unparsed query string, and will also have the + signs there, but you will need to parse it yourself.

Hope this helps,
-Josh B