simple question bout passing a variable

[Anon]

hi!!!

whats wrong with this line.

echo "<a href \"page1.php?col=(urlencode($X))\">$X</a>"<br>

i want to use this $X in a query in the page1.php.

actually when i try to echo $X in page1.php

it gives me (urlencode(engg)( say $X=engg)

that is its passed as

http\page1.php?col=(urlencode(admin science)
instead of
http\page1.php?col=admin+science.

hope some one can help understand what exactly is wrong with my code there.

thanks
suchi

[Anon]

Hi,

Try this:
echo "<a href=\"page1.php?col=" . urlencode($X) . "\">$X</a>";

christian

[Anon]

You need to put the result of the urlencode function into a separate variable before letting it get echoed.

OR

You need to take urlencode() out of the ""s.