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Asked: 2026-05-15T18:51:13+00:00

I am selecting data from a MySql database and doing the following echo <input

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I am selecting data from a MySql database and doing the following

echo "<input type=\"text\" name=\"distadd1\" id=\"distadd1\" class=\"textbox\" value=".  urlencode($row['ADD1']). " >";

however the value is being displayed as follows Department+of+Planning+%26+Development.

how do i remove the + and %26

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  1. Editorial Team

    URL encoding is different than what you want to do it sounds like. Try changing URL encode to htmlentities, which will get rid of the ‘+’ and the &26; but will still protect you from XSS / script injection into your webpages.

    Example #1 A htmlentities() example
<?php
$str = "A 'quote' is <b>bold</b>";

// Outputs: A 'quote' is &lt;b&gt;bold&lt;/b&gt;
echo htmlentities($str);

// Outputs: A &#039;quote&#039; is &lt;b&gt;bold&lt;/b&gt;
echo htmlentities($str, ENT_QUOTES);
?>

    From the PHP Manual

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