php $_REQUEST data is only half-decoded

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Published on 2010-05-14T18:39:55Z Indexed on 2010/05/14 18:44 UTC
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I am retrieving a url via querystring. I need to pass it again to the next page. When I retrieve it the first time, using $_REQUEST['url'], only the slashes are decoded, e.g:

http://example.com/search~S10?/Xllamas&searchscope=10&SORT=D/Xllamas&searchscope=10&SORT=D&SUBKEY=llamas/51%2C64%2C64%2CB/browse

The php docs page for urldecode advises against decoding request data, and says that it will already be decoded. I need it either completely decoded, so I can encode it again without double-encoding some parts, or not decoded at all.

I'm not sure why my experience of this data is incongruous with the php docs. Appreciate any help or pointers to same!!

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