How To get all variables incuding space & character in page url php

Question

In my localhost url I have something like this

http://localhost:8080/shopping/search.php?qry=Mobiles%20&%20Tablets

and i want to grab all the value of the variable qry using $_GET['qry']

but anytime i use the get method to do it, it only returns Mobiles not Mobiles & Tablets

please how do i go about it

<?php 

if (isset($_GET['qry'])) {

    echo $_GET['qry'];

} else {

    echo "";

} 

?>