[PHP] problem with using link variables

Hello, I am sending variables via a link to another page eg. a href=\agencydet.php?provnum=$provservid\$provservdesc/a If the variable provnum contains text such as: hello there Then only the word hello is passed on to agencydet.php. I have tried using htmlspecialchars and htmlentities but

Re: [PHP] problem with using link variables

If the variable provnum contains text such as: hello there urlencode($provnum); -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php