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I'm building a form which creates a link with variable information in it. I'm using the following bit of code in the "On submit code - after sending email" box:

<?php
$baseurl = "https://www.xxxxxxxxxxx.nl/tft/authentication.jsp";
$psk = "XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX";
$organisation="605";

// SSO code is time dependent !
$time = date("YmdH");
$ssocode= md5($time . $iduser . $psk);

// NOTE URL ENCODING
echo " <a href=\"" , $baseurl ,
"?iduser=" , urlencode($_POST['lastname']. $_POST['emailaddress']) ,
"&organisation=" , $organisation ,
"&lastname=" , urlencode($_POST['lastname']) ,
"&emailaddress=" , urlencode($_POST['emailaddress']) ,
"&infix=" , urlencode($_POST['infix']) ,
"&initials=" , urlencode($_POST['initials']) ,
"&bron=" , urlencode($_POST['bron']),
"&ssocode=" , $ssocode , "\"><img src=\"/images/stories/submitpage.jpg\"></a>"; ?>

Everything works fine, the link is created with the information that is filled in in the form. An example of the link is:

https://www.xxxxxxxxxxx.nl/tft/authentication.jsp?iduser=HaafEmail%40email.com&organisation=605&lastname=Haaf&emailaddress=Email%40email.com&infix=ten&initials=P&bron=&ssocode=120d2fd2eac971c12ceb3dca67eb351e

The problem I have is when an email address is used in the form. In the example above, I have used [email]email@email.com[/email]
The email address is incorrectly stored in the link as email%40email.com

Is it possible to correct this?

Hi pth,

That's the url encoded version of the email address so it's probably correct.

Bob

Thanks for the quick reply.

I don't know why I used "urlencode" in my code, probably copied it from somewhere. I removed the "urlencode" part, the email address is now included correctly. Thanks again.

Hi pth,

Using urlencoded may well be correct if you are actually creating a url tht you want to use. Some characters -like spaces - can't be used in urls but the coded version will give the same result. See the Wikipedia article

Bob