This is a long shot, but you can try using single quotes thus: *$values='this is blood group B+ with rhesus factor';* On Mon, Apr 16, 2012 at 4:40 PM, Isaac Kimotho <izakimotho@gmail.com> wrote:

I have tried to send data in php with a Plus (+) sign. When i send the data using a $_post it replaces Plus(+) with a space how can i make this work

*sample script* * $url = "http://www.samplesite.ke/receive.php"; $account=123; $values="this is blood group B+ with rhesus factor"; $ch = curl_init(); curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_USERAGENT, $account); curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_URL,$url); curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POST, 1); curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS,"account=". $account."&val=".$values. "); $result= curl_exec ($ch); curl_close ($ch);

**the result recieved is *

*this is blood group B with rhesus factor*

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You need to urlencode and urldecode the values On Monday, April 16, 2012, Isaac Kimotho wrote:

I have tried to send data in php with a Plus (+) sign. When i send the data using a $_post it replaces Plus(+) with a space how can i make this work

*sample script* * $url = "http://www.samplesite.ke/receive.php"; $account=123; $values="this is blood group B+ with rhesus factor"; $ch = curl_init(); curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_USERAGENT, $account); curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_URL,$url); curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POST, 1); curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS,"account=". $account."&val=".$values. "); $result= curl_exec ($ch); curl_close ($ch);

**the result recieved is *

*this is blood group B with rhesus factor*