Newbie help: how to make a "+" character in PHP?

[kenfused]

hello

I have a function that takes a string $string as an input, and outputs a URL containing "www.mysite.com/$string".

Now if that $string contains for example "the+simpsons", how do I make the "+" stay "as is", that is, so that PHP does not try to add "the" + "simpsons.

Thanks!

[jshea]

It looks like you've got it:

$string="the+simpsons";

echo $string;

returns- the +simpsons

does it not?

otherwise, post the function and maybe it will help

[weekender]

maybe, when you have compiled the url, pass it through urlencode()

[MytchE]

$theURL = "http://www.mailworkspro.com/?blah=yes+no+maybe";

echo urlencode($theURL);

Outputs the +'s escaped as hex characters

[jshea]

Anyone know how to escape "spaces" properly?

$mpn="123 456 789";

$mpn=urlencode($mpn);

echo $mpn;

outputs:

123+456+789

Thanks in advance.

[weekender]

that is how to escape spaces - in the browser, spaces are represented by a +

[bad_goose]

urlencode() converts spaces to +
rawurlencode() converts spaces to %20