Variables becoming truncated...

[rheroux]

I have a self contained PHP form where I get the user to pick a couple of things first (Country and then State or Province), and then based on that, it displays the Sales Reps for their region.

However, I'm running into a problem with variables that have spaces in them being passed.

For example, If I select USA and then New York out of the combo box, the variable is only getting passed as "New".

I changed the form action to GET to look at the strings and this is what the New York string looks like:

state=New%A0York

What the heck is %A0? I tried putting this in my if statement

if ($state == "New%A0York") but that didn't do any good either.

Any suggestions on how to overcome this spacing problem?

BTW, i tried using the HTML   as well as %20 and neither of those worked either.

Oh yeah, and register globals is on.

[bernouli]

can i see the form pls?

[rheroux]

Here it is:

<?php
echo toppage ();
echo linkpage ();
echo ("<center><font class=size2>Sales Contacts</font>
<hr width=150>
</center>
<br>\n");
if ($country == "Canada")
{
echo ("Please choose the province or territory you're located in.
<form method=POST action=index.php?page=contacts>
<select name=province>
<option value=Alberta>Alberta</option>
<option value=British Columbia>British Columbia</option>
<option value=Labrador>Labrador</option>
<option value=Manitoba>Manitoba</option>
<option value=New Brunswick>New Brunswick</option>
<option value=Newfoundland>Newfoundland</option>
<option value=Northwest Territories>Northwest Territories</option>
<option value=Nova Scotia>Nova Scotia</option>
<option value=Nunavut>Nunavut</option>
<option value=Ontario>Ontario</option>
<option value=Prince Edward Island>Prince Edward Island</option>
<option value=Quebec>Quebec</option>
<option value=Saskatchewan>Saskatchewan</option>
<option value=Yukon>Yukon</option>
</select>
<br>
<br>
<input type=submit name=countrysubmit value=Submit>
</form>
<br>");
}
else if($country == "UnitedStates")
{
echo ("Please choose the state your located in.
<form method=GET action=index.php?page=contacts>
<select name=state>

    <option value=Alabama>Alabama</option>

    <option value=Alaska>Alaska</option>

    <option value=Arizona>Arizona</option>

    <option value=Arkansas>Arkansas</option>

    <option value=California>California</option>

    <option value=Colorado>Colorado</option>

    <option value=Connecticut>Connecticut</option>

    <option value=Delaware>Delaware</option>

    <option value=District of Columbia>District of Columbia</option>

    <option value=Florida>Florida</option>

    <option value=Georgia>Georgia</option>

    <option value=Hawaii>Hawaii</option>

    <option value=Idaho>Idaho</option>

    <option value=Illinois>Illinois</option>

    <option value=Indiana>Indiana</option>

    <option value=Iowa>Iowa</option>

    <option value=Kansas>Kansas</option>

    <option value=Kentucky>Kentucky</option>

    <option value=Louisiana>Louisiana</option>

    <option value=Maine>Maine</option>

    <option value=Maryland>Maryland</option>

    <option value=Massachussetts>Massachusetts</option>

    <option value=Michigan>Michigan</option>

    <option value=Minnesota>Minnesota</option>

    <option value=Mississippi>Mississippi</option>

    <option value=Missouri>Missouri</option>

    <option value=Montana>Montana</option>

    <option value=Nebraska>Nebraska</option>

    <option value=Nevada>Nevada</option>

    <option value=New Hampshire>New Hampshire</option>

    <option value=New Jersey>New Jersey</option>

    <option value=New Mexico>New Mexico</option>

    <option value=New York>New York</option>

    <option value=North Carolina>North Carolina</option>

    <option value=North Dakota>North Dakota</option>

    <option value=Ohio>Ohio</option>

    <option value=Oklahoma>Oklahoma</option>

    <option value=Oregon>Oregon</option>

    <option value=Pennsylvania>Pennsylvania</option>

    <option value=Rhode Island>Rhode Island</option>

    <option value=South Carolina>South Carolina</option>

    <option value=South Dakota>South Dakota</option>

    <option value=Tennessee>Tennessee</option>

    <option value=Texas>Texas</option>

    <option value=Utah>Utah</option>

    <option value=Vermont>Vermont</option>

    <option value=Virginia>Virginia</option>

    <option value=Washington>Washington</option>

    <option value=West Virginia>West Virginia</option>

    <option value=Wisconsin>Wisconsin</option>

    <option value=Wyoming>Wyoming</option>

</select>
<br>
<br>
<input type=submit name=countrysubmit value=Submit>
</form>
<br>");
}
else if($province == "Ontario")
{
echo ("Here are the Sales Contacts for your region.<br>
<br>
<b>Sales Rep: dskd</b><br>
<br>
Email: <a href=mailto:[e-mail]>[e-mail]</a><br>
Business Phone: [phone]<br>
Cell Phone: [phone]<br>
<br>
<b>Inside Sales Co-ordinator: Bla</b><br>
<br>
Email: <a href=mailto:[e-mail]>[e-mail]</a><br>
Business Phone: [phone]<br>");
}
else if($state == "New York" OR $state == "Maine")
{
echo ("Here are the Sales Contacts for $state.<br>
<br>
<b>Sales Rep: Bla bla</b><br>
<br>
Email: <a href=mailto:[e-mail]>[e-mail]</a><br>
Business Phone: [phone]<br>
Cell Phone: [phone]<br>
<br>
<b>Inside Sales Co-ordinator: Joey jo joe</b><br>
<br>
Email: <a href=mailto:[e-mail]>[e-mail]</a><br>
Business Phone: [phone]<br>");
}
else {
echo ("Please choose your country.
<form method=POST action=index.php?page=contacts>
<select name=country>
<option value=Canada class=size2>Canada</option>
<option value=UnitedStates>United States</option>
</select>
<br>
<br>
<input type=submit name=countrysubmit value=Submit>
</form>
<br>
$state");
}
echo bottompage();
?>

Oh yeah, I should probably mention that I know about rawurlencode(), but I'm not exactly sure on how to go about implementing that in a drop down box.