Ampersand doesn't load in Query String - PHP

Question

I'm passing simple query string:

index.php?a=orange&apple

Getting value with:

$_GET['a'];

it only shows orange value. i have tried

$a = urlencode($_GET['a']);
$rs = urldecode($a);
echo $rs; // orange;

but didn't work. Found similar question here stackoverflow but seems not useful. How do i get complete value orange&apple?

it shows just first value which comes before `&` like `orange` without encoding. — RanaHaroon, Jul 08 '17 at 09:30
this might be useful to you: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/16622504/escaping-ampersand-in-url — Abdul Rahman A Samad, Jul 08 '17 at 09:30

pro_cheats · Accepted Answer · 2017-07-08T10:58:15.433

4

That is because & makes apple as another value in GET request.

Like this -

/test/demo_form.php?name1=value1&name2=value2

So use '%26'(encoding URI Component) in place of & like this -

index.php?a=orange%26apple

And get the value with $_GET['a'];. This should work.

edited Jul 08 '17 at 10:58

answered Jul 08 '17 at 09:29

pro_cheats

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Jul 08 '17 at 09:31

1

Your query string need to encode ampersand(&) as percent-encode as %26. Your url will be like :

index.php?a=orange%26apple

answered Jul 08 '17 at 09:31

Gyan

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Jul 08 '17 at 09:32

0

Write it like this:

index.php?a=orange&b=apple

// Values

$_GET['a'];
$_GET['b'];

answered Jul 08 '17 at 09:32

Evhz

3 Answers3