php deal with & as part of a string in URL

Asked Jan 11 '20 at 17:39

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I'm trying to parse a string passed from one page to another in PHP ($_GET), this string has an "&" in it like this:

Help & Support

The name is url encoded, so the & turns into %26.

<a href="http://test.com/category/Help+%26+Support">Help &amp; Support</a>

My problem is when a user clicks a link, the next page picks up the string as "Help " and seems to just stop where the %26 is?

I know I'm not supposed to decode it, since $_GET is done automatically.

What am I missing to get the whole string?

asked Jan 11 '20 at 17:39

NaughtySquid

Please [edit] your question to include the `.htaccess` content to your question. – Progman Jan 11 '20 at 17:42
@Progman that was it, brill thank you! – NaughtySquid Jan 11 '20 at 17:48
Please note that space should be encoded as `%20` and not as `+`. See my earlier question https://stackoverflow.com/q/55366208/1839439 – Dharman Jan 11 '20 at 18:04

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