$_GET automatically adding '_' to variable name?

Question

I am checking whether a record exists in database or not

if ($row["count(*)"] == 0) {
    header('Location: first.php? stat = "not found"');
}

Now, to check the stat variable in first.php, I am doing -

print_r($_GET);

Output to this is -

Array ( [stat_] => "not found" )

I dont understand how 'stat' variable became 'stat_' variable ?

`php? stat` if that's your real code, remove the space for it `php?stat` — Funk Forty Niner, Feb 21 '17 at 18:29
That location URL you try to use in your call to the `header()` function is invalid. You cannot have blanks in a URL. It is up to the client side to _try to_ make sense of that, unpredictable behavior is the result. — arkascha, Feb 21 '17 at 18:29
this is a classic typo/off-topic question and I can't emphasize on that enough. — Funk Forty Niner, Feb 21 '17 at 18:31
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/7109143/what-characters-are-valid-in-a-url — apokryfos, Feb 21 '17 at 18:33

wogsland · Answer 1 · 2017-02-21T18:31:07.300

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You need to remove the spaces in your header call:

header('Location: first.php?stat=not+found');

edited Feb 21 '17 at 18:31

answered Feb 21 '17 at 18:29

wogsland

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ah... c'mon, it's a typo. – Funk Forty Niner Feb 21 '17 at 18:30
@Fred-ii- It seems OP doesn't understand the effects spaces will have and is merely trying to write readable code. – wogsland Feb 21 '17 at 18:32
Sure, I agree but we've all commented on it up there. The question should be closed as such; a typo. – Funk Forty Niner Feb 21 '17 at 18:33
I'm leaving the question now. Should you get a downvote (which I hope you won't), it would not have come from me. Btw, I hope the OP hasn't chased you down a rabbit hole here ;-) – Funk Forty Niner Feb 21 '17 at 18:34

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