From: Manolis Vlachakis > i uses str_replace finally and it works.. > but still i would like to know how this problem comes up > cause i would like to be sure on whatever password is going to be used > weather that is a number a letter or a combination of those two > > any ideas, You probably should look at the documentation for html entities and magic quotes to see what is and is not allowed in a URL. There are a number of characters that may be modified by either the browser or the server before you get your hands on them. Bob McConnell -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php