The Character & is giving me problems in the URL 1

[likelylad]

I have 2 php pages.

On Page 1 there is a table listing company names.
The company name contains a hyperlink to page 2 where it brings up the company details.

The problem I have is that if the company name is like Michael & Mouse Ltd then no information is brought up.

I know why the problem is occuring but I do not know how the solve it. At the moment I am manually changing the name to Michael And Mouse Ltd to get around the issue.

The URl I am using on page 1 is as follows
printf(&quot;<tr><td><a href=\&quot;

http://myserver/myfolder/page2.php?companyname=$myrow

[Company_Name]\&quot;>$companyname</a></td></tr>\n&quot;

 

[vbkris]

& is a reserved key word. like:
asd.php?vl=1&vl1=2

in asd.php
echo $_GET['vl1']; //will give 2.

so do this:
printf(&quot;<tr><td><a href=\&quot;

http://myserver/myfolder/page2.php?companyname=&quot;.urlencode($myrow

[Company_Name]).&quot;\&quot;>$companyname</a></td></tr>\n&quot;



and in page2:
$comp=urldecode($_GET['companyname']);
echo $comp;

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