Annoying URL Problem

[jaypeesmith]

I know that this is probably something simple, but I am still learning PHP and can't seem to get past this problem.

I am use MySQL and on one of my tables I have a VARCHAR field that holds the string for a URL.

Here's the problem.

I am selecting the value of this field to generate links to external articles.

If I retrieve a "normal" URL, for example:

http://www.whatever.com

It appears just fine in the address bar.

But, if I try to retrieve a url like:

http://www.whatever.com?id=240

the in the address bar as:

http://www.whatever.com/?id=240

(it places a / right in front of the ?)

Anyone have an idea of what I did wrong?

Perhaps, did I need to format the value of the URL before inserting into and/or selecting from the database?

[Anon]

Use the function stripslashes($var)

[ligraci]

Try this:
$string="http://www.whatever.com/?id=240";
ereg_replace ("/?", "?", $string);

$string should be "http://www.whatever.com?id=240"

Hope it helps

[Anon]

it should get the same results with the / or without... i don't really understand