Ampersand doesn't load in Query String - PHP

Question

I'm passing simple query string:

index.php?a=orange&apple

Getting value with:

$_GET['a'];

it only shows orange value. i have tried

$a = urlencode($_GET['a']);
$rs = urldecode($a);
echo $rs; // orange;

but didn't work. Found similar question here stackoverflow but seems not useful. How do i get complete value orange&apple?

Answer 1

That is because & makes apple as another value in GET request.

Like this -

/test/demo_form.php?name1=value1&name2=value2

So use '%26'(encoding URI Component) in place of & like this -

index.php?a=orange%26apple

And get the value with $_GET['a'];. This should work.