I have 2 cgi scripts clickcount and countlink they where both about the same, They count how many times a link or links have been clicked on. (simple right) The scripts run fine as if I was a normal person (guess I'm not) I have to track links with spaces in them, (the dilemma begins) as any one would have guessed it the scripts don't work when you redirect to a URL with spaces in it. You end up with some %20 or ?20 where the spaces are supposed to be. So the question is how do I parse the links to redirect correctly. (I don't want the script to put the %20 or ?20) Oh to make it a little more difficult and then again maybe there is a simple solution. I cant change the links.

example
good - www.whatever.com/all mikes are cool/file.zip
bad - www.whatever.com/all%20mikes%20are%20cool/file.zip

I really hope someone can solve this problem
thanks
mike

In reply to problem endcoding URLs with embedded spaces by Anonymous Monk

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