Hi I am trying to add a @ symbol to a url using the header(Location: ) function but I am having no luck.

I tried $url = urlencode("$url"); just before the header function is called but it just displays the %20 symbol.

Would really be useful. I am creating a website for a iPhone display and having this @ symbol is crucial for something I am trying to achieve.

Can you post your code, including the value of $url?

Encoding @ should give you %40.

PHP Code:

include('includes/connect.php'); 

$id = mysql_real_escape_string($id);

echo $id;

if (empty($id))
{
        header ('Location: directory_listings.php');
        $id = "";
}

$sql2="SELECT * FROM `numbers` WHERE `id` = '".$id."'";
            $result2=mysql_query($sql2);
            if (!$result2) die('Invalid query: ' . mysql_error());
                while ($row2 = mysql_fetch_array($result2, MYSQL_ASSOC))
                    {    
                        $number = $row2["number"];
                    }
$number = urlencode("$number");
header ("Location: facetime://$number");
?> 


However the problem exists because $number can be a number or an email address. and if it is an email address only the @wotever.com is shown. not the bit beforehand which I find odd because I would of thought it would drop that bit. anyways any help will be greatly appreciated.

urlencode("$url"); Should be no quotes around the variable

still shows %40 in the link I really need to redirect it using either a pure number or email address. I am doing it to making it so users cant just pull the emails from my users. they have to interact with it. its hard to explain but go to http://www.facetimedirectory.net and sign in with guest as username and guest as password and then go to the directory and you will see what I mean.