how to pass variable in get without special char and retrieve back

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how to pass variable in get without %20 %27 and retrieve back exactly what is passed i tried urlencode and decode but not works need some help

passing in url http://localhost/civilhelp/enquiry.php?cat=%27PLUMBING%20FITTINGS%20&%20SANITARY%20WARE%27 i need to remove %27 %20 used urlencode but no use

retrive only PLUMBING FITTINGS and remaining pls anybody help with a solution

i am passing it as

 $cate = 'PLUMBING FITTINGS & SANITARY WARE'; it is from db
    <a href="enquiry.php?cat='<?php echo urlencode($cate)  ;?>'">

try to retrieve as

$category = urldecode($_GET['cat']); 
$category = str_replace("'"," ",$category);
print_r($category); 
$category = trim($category);

print_r($category); it just prints PLUMBING FITTINGS

Am not getting exactly aht i passed Note: I have used urlencode and urldecode also trim

But still i can't Hope what is my problem!!

possible duplicate of [URL Decoding in PHP](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1756862/url-decoding-in-php) — Gerald Versluis, May 27 '15 at 07:25
I have no idea what you're doing with your `urlencode`, but it should **not** produce that encoding: http://3v4l.org/EMqRj — deceze, May 27 '15 at 07:38
remove the single quotes around your the `urlencode()` command — RST, May 27 '15 at 07:41

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered May 27 '15 at 07:41

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that cannot be right i tried your code and it show the correct data try this

$url = 'http://localhost/civilhelp/enquiry.php?cat=%27PLUMBING%20FITTINGS%20&%20SANITARY%20WARE%27';
$category = urldecode($url);
$category = str_replace("'","",$category);
echo $category; // result: http://localhost/civilhelp/enquiry.php?cat=PLUMBING FITTINGS & SANITARY WARE

EDIT:
i got your problem just in the cat='' change & to %26

answered May 27 '15 at 07:41

Mohamed Belal

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yes but i just need $cat = PLUMBING FITTINGS & SANITARY WARE and not url – Sathish Kumar May 27 '15 at 07:51
when you redirect to the enquiry with cat query string instead of & change it to %26 i think there should be someway that you redirect the user to enquiry.php?cat= if he clicked a button or something just in its value change & to %26 – Mohamed Belal May 27 '15 at 07:53
still i can't get you – Sathish Kumar May 27 '15 at 07:56
from where you get that enquiry.php?cat= url redirection ? – Mohamed Belal May 27 '15 at 07:57
Yes i understand my problem with & but don't know how to proceed i m stucked – Sathish Kumar May 27 '15 at 07:57
as i asked from you get that enquiry.php?cat='' url redirection, what is the script that controls it ? index.php ?? – Mohamed Belal May 27 '15 at 07:59
Yes understand and will post answer soon – Sathish Kumar May 27 '15 at 08:04
Mohamed thanks a lot finally it works by using $cat = str_replace('&', '%26', $cat); – Sathish Kumar May 27 '15 at 08:06
please if this answer was correct mark it as correct answer for this question – Mohamed Belal May 27 '15 at 08:14

score -1 · Answer 2 · answered May 27 '15 at 08:05

<?php  if(!empty($r['category'])){ $cat = $r['category']; $cate=substr($cat,0,25) . '';
 //$cat = str_replace(' ', '', $cate);
  $cat = str_replace('&', '%26', $cat);  after changing it works fine // print_r($cat);?>
  <a href="enquiry.php?cat='<?php echo $cat  ;?>'">

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