Trouble with URL's

[paulpage]

I've been writing a simple PHP/MySQL news program that interfaces with PHPBB and I've run across a problem, when I try to send a username that has a space in it, it transfers to the first page with no problems, but other links that contain the information don't work.

Instead of the following code producing

url/news_insert.php?UserName=xxx yyy&Email=[e-mail]

it produces

url/news_insert.php?UserName=xxx when clicked on

( Code is echo "<br><a href=urk/news_insert.php?UserName=".$GET['UserName']."&Email=".$GET['Email'].">Insert News</a>"; )

The source code shows everything is intact and the information is there but it doesn't transfer properly when clicked on. I'm guessing it has something to do with the space in the username as the same code works fine when a user without spaces in their name access the program.

[xblue]

If the input type is a textbox or something, the browser takes care of urlencoding when the input is submitted via get method, but if you put the link together yourself, you would need to take care of this yourself. Luckily there is a function for it:
www.php.net/urlencode

[paulpage]

Thanks a lot, that's done the job perfectly. Now all I have to do is remember to buy a manual on PHP so I don't have to keep bothering the ppl on these forums for answers 😃