php's $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI '] encoding problem ??

Question

When I output $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI']; on:

http://localhost/tools/?tool=cs&sub=1

I get:

/tools/?tool=cs⊂=1

Is there other solution to get /tools/?tool=cs&sub=1 besides using & instead of & ?

Answer 1

How are you outputting this value? If you're dumping it to the browser, are you sure it's not trying to 'decode' embedded ampersands?

Try a file with just

<?php phpinfo();

and look to see what the value is displayed as (near the bottom)