Pass along & sign with href to php page help

Question

I have this:

    browse_cat.php?cat_gr='Mopeds & Traktors'">

The browse_cat.php contains this to fetch the above "category":

    $cat=$_GET['cat_gr'];
    echo $cat;

This echo outputs the first word only "Mopeds". It wont change if I replace the & with &.

What is the problem here?

The adress bar when I enter browse_cat.php shows:

  browse_cat.php?cat_gr='Mopeds%20&%20Traktors'

Thanks

Answer 1

%20 is the html entity for a space. URL shouldn't contain any.

Answer 2

Take a look at urlencode() and urldecode().
Also, remove the single quotes around your query string.

Answer 3

Your url query values should not have quotes around them. You also need to urlencode the & and the spaces. Here is the correct url:

 browse_cat.php?cat_gr=Mopeds%20%26%20Traktors