passing by url (get method)

How would I go about it if I wanted to pass a variable (artist) that contained a value with & in it, along the url?

I think that's what giving me a problem here, that the value is not read any further than to the & symbol in the middle of it.

In this case the value is Billy Bragg & Wilco, and I dont think it reads the Wilco bit, hence I'm not getting the right results.

One option is of course to use partial matching with sql (like), but I was wondering if there's something else I could do. I can't change the name of the artist because its stored in the database.

I also cant use post method because I'm not atually submitting a form..

Here's what the URL looks like:

PHP Code:

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/data.php?kat=1&artist=Billy%20Bragg%20&%20Wilco&aid=287 


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You cant use the & in the name. The & tells it to look for the next variable.

I figured as much.

Thats why I came here for help...

You merely confirmed my suspicion, but gave no solution, which is what I'm looking for.

Is the urlencode function something I should look at?

Did I mention we are speaking about PHP here...

Yep yep, urlencode() and urldecode() should do you just fine.

Indeedy :)