[Resolved] encoding spaces in the URL

[etoast]

Hello
I am calling variables from mysql and passing them in the URL. Trouble is they contain spaces. I think I need to use rawurlencode() but I cannot figure out how. I have seen examples like this:

<a href="mypage.php?variable=' .
rawurlencode('this is my image.jpg') . '">here</a>

but my code is in this format:

<a href=\"mypage.php?variable={$row['image']}\">".$row['image']."</a>

Can anyone tell me how to handle spaces in the URL when the variable is coming out of mysql?

Many thanks

[devinemke]

you just need [man]urlencode[/man]

echo '<a href="mypage.php?variable=' . urlencode($row['image']) . '">' . $row['image'] . '</a>';

[etoast]

thank you devinemke