How can I put '&' symbol to URL GET variable so it is part of string? The problem is it always split the string to next variable.
How can I make this work?
localhost/test.php?variable='jeans&shirts' // so it executes it like a string
<?php
require "connect.php";
$variable = $_GET['variable'];
echo $variable;
?>
output is 'jeans'
instead of 'jeans&shirts'
You will want to urlencode() your string:
// Your link would look like this:
'localhost/test.php?variable='.urlencode('jeans&shirts');
When you want to use it, you would decode it:
echo $variable = urldecode($_GET['variable']);
ENCODE: http://php.net/manual/en/function.urlencode.php
DECODE: http://php.net/manual/en/function.urldecode.php
EDIT: To test write this:
echo $url = 'localhost/test.php?variable='.urlencode('jeans&shirts');
echo '<br />';
echo urldecode($url);
Your result would be:
// Encoded
localhost/test.php?variable=jeans%26shirts
// Decoded
localhost/test.php?variable=jeans&shirts
$_GET['variable'] at all, and instead show perhaps a link tag or similar
urlencode() when turning a variable to query string. Should have made the $_GET['variable'] output to jeans%26shirts.