how to get complete value in a variable in the page url php

Question

I have this URL in my page

https://www.albaama.com/search.php?qry=Fashion%20&%20Clothing

and I use this code below to echo out the value of the variable 'qry'

<?php 
    if (isset($_GET['qry'])) {
        echo $_GET['qry'];
    } 
    else {
        echo "";
    } 
?>

but whenever I echo it, I only get Fashion instead of Fashion & Clothing. please how do I get the complete value?

Answer 1

This query string: https://www.albaama.com/search.php?qry=Fashion%20&%20Clothing

Translates to this:

• URL: https://www.albaama.com/search.php
• Parameter 1: qry="Fashion " ("Fashion" and a trailing space)
• Parameter 2: " Clothing" ("Clothing" and a leading space)

The problem is that & introduces a second parameter.

You need to urlencode() the entire string "Fashion & Clothing"