Maybe you want to use "urlencode()"?! hth, Bastian Alex Francis schrieb: > I have the following code in my page as a header. > <? > if ($mainarea=="Language") > { > header("Location:add_5-14_material.php?mainarea=$mainarea"); > } > else > { > } > ?> > When I echo $mainarea I get \'Language\'. I think it is something to do > with my quotation marks but need some help. > > How do I get rid of the ' and \ so that I am left with my variable?. -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php