this escaping text business....

[Robert]

I'm trying to post information to a server, but it is showing up as

$name = R%20A%20Chalmers

when it must be

$name = R A Chalmers

I've read the docs backwards and forwards - now totally confused. How do I
get that (all fields actually) to go without all those funny codes in
them...

Thanks for any help
Robert