Passing values in a URL

[grafnic]

I am passing values to another PHP as follows in the URL

$redirectURL = "CompanyDisplay.php?company=$Select_List";

echo '<META HTTP-EQUIV="REFRESH" CONTENT = "0; URL= ' . $redirectURL . '"> ';

Where "$Select_List" is the values selected from a drop down list. All works fine except where a company name contains spaces e.g. "American Express".

When the name contains spaces only the first part of the name is passed e.g. "American".

Does anyone have any ideas on what the problem is ?

Thanks v much.

Nic

[Anon]

One idea would be to shorten the values that the drop down list display takes.

e.g. <OPTION value="americanexpress">American Express</OPTION>

Then the page that it takes you too would be "CompanyDisplay.php?company=americanexpress"

hope that helps

creator.genesis

[crusty_php]

Or you could use the function made for this purpose: urlencode()
see:http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.urlencode.php