How to Use "&" in the URL?

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I have a clothing brand Ace & Jig listed in my brand list. I'd like the users to be able to go to the brand's product page by linking it to "http://www.achengshop.com/collections/vendors?q=ace+&+jig", but the "&" seems to get ignored. How could you use "&" in the url?

possible duplicate of [escaping ampersand in url](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/16622504/escaping-ampersand-in-url) — awesoon, Oct 27 '14 at 02:41

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Oct 27 '14 at 02:42

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You cannot. It is a reserved word. But you can percent encode it: Just use this '%26' in place of the ampersand (without quotes).

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Percent-encoding

answered Oct 27 '14 at 02:42

Jeff

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score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Oct 27 '14 at 02:42

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You need to escape the ampersand with %26, since it is a reserved character used as a separator for GET parameters. For example, here's your URL with the ampersand properly escaped:

http://www.achengshop.com/collections/vendors?q=ace+%26+jig

answered Oct 27 '14 at 02:42

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How to Use "&" in the URL?

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