Php Input Replace Space!

[logisticdesigns]

I'm trying to make a simple "Paypal" link generator for an insurance ageny. Here is an example input field.

<? echo "$ItemName"; ?>

My question is, paypal is very sensitive, is there a php code that can be put within the input code to replace every "Space" with a "+".

For example instead of: Car Insurance, but Car+Insurance
Paypal reads the + as a space.

Thanks for you help guys.

LD

[LordShryku]

$ItemName = str_replace(" ", "+", $ItemName);

[logisticdesigns]

Thanks alot, it worked!

<? $ItemName = str_replace(" ", "+", $ItemName); echo "$ItemName"; ?> 

[LordShryku]

May also want to do it another time for & nbsp; characters. Plus, you don't need the quotes around the variable when echoing

[logisticdesigns]

 <? $ItemName = str_replace(" ", "+", $ItemName); echo "$ItemName"; ?> 

Within this code, am i able to do more than 1 substitute?

For example: " ", "+": and "&","AND", and so forth, can I have it check for more than one thing?

LD

[rheroux]

Have you checked out urlencode()?

It would be quite a bit faster to use that then to do a whole bunch of str_replaces.

[logisticdesigns]

I wanted to do 1 or 2 more within the code, it would be easier for me that way. Thanks.

[LordShryku]

Just repeat for what you need before echoing

<? 
$ItemName = str_replace(" ","+",$ItemName); 
$ItemName = str_replace("&","AND",$ItemName); 
$ItemName = str_replace("THIS","THAT",$ItemName); 
echo $ItemName; 
?>

[logisticdesigns]

Thats what I thought, i just wanted to make sure. Thanks alot!

LD

[Weedpacket]

Or put search and replace strings into arrays and pass those to single call to str_replace.