URL losing plus sign

Question

I realize that in a URL, the + symbol represents a space, however I need to keep the plus sign. How can I do this? My URL and code are as follows:

http://www.example.com/path/test.php?test=2+2

<?php
$test = $_GET['test'];

echo $test;
?>

This prints out 2 2

Possible duplicate of [How to encode the plus (+) symbol in URL](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5450190/how-to-encode-the-plus-symbol-in-url) — kwarunek, Jan 17 '16 at 16:24

score 6 · Accepted Answer · edited Jun 10 '16 at 22:41

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edited Jun 10 '16 at 22:41

ceejayoz

answered Jan 17 '16 at 16:25

Brian Riley

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