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Sane · May 7th, 2006, 3:51 PM

I believe that's because you don't want to pass that kind of data through the URL. The URL GET variables generally don't like certain things, like "#" or "&" or "?" as it will mistake them for certain things (# is an id referencer, & means next attribute, ? triggers the GET statements). Your PHP script stops reading the variable "userinformation" once it hits the '#', because it interprets that as an ID identifier.

Your two options, are...

1) Instead of passing a pound sign through, pass the ascii equivelent: '%23' just as '%20' represents as whitespace character, '%23' is the pound sign. PHP will automatically convert it back to a pound sign.

2) Use POST data. Whatever form you're using to access the PHP script, turing the "action" from "GET" to "POST". Then in your PHP script, use the variable $_POST['userinformation'] rather than $_GET['userinformation'].

Make any sense?

May 7th, 2006, 3:51 PM	#2
Sane Programming Guru Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Waterloo, Ontario Posts: 1,890 Rep Power: 5	I believe that's because you don't want to pass that kind of data through the URL. The URL GET variables generally don't like certain things, like "#" or "&" or "?" as it will mistake them for certain things (# is an id referencer, & means next attribute, ? triggers the GET statements). Your PHP script stops reading the variable "userinformation" once it hits the '#', because it interprets that as an ID identifier. Your two options, are... 1) Instead of passing a pound sign through, pass the ascii equivelent: '%23' just as '%20' represents as whitespace character, '%23' is the pound sign. PHP will automatically convert it back to a pound sign. 2) Use POST data. Whatever form you're using to access the PHP script, turing the "action" from "GET" to "POST". Then in your PHP script, use the variable $_POST['userinformation'] rather than $_GET['userinformation']. Make any sense?