php - CURL POSTFIELDS to contain "&" character -

i have working sms sending on gateway using curl method. if include character "&" in message text area, send message before character only.

so how fix send messages including character normally.

here code:

$from = "gateway_username"; // sms username $token = "gateway_password"; // sms password $option = $_request["option"]; $text = $_request["bulksms1__messagetextbox"];  if ($text == "") { } else {      $url = "http://awaljawaly.awalservices.com.sa:8001/send.aspx";     $postfields = array ("requesttype" => "smssubmitreq",     "username" => "$from", "password" => "$token", "mobileno" => "$d_mobile", "message" => "$text");      if (!$curld = curl_init()) {     echo "could not initialize curl session.";     exit;     }     curl_setopt($curld, curlopt_post, true);     curl_setopt($curld, curlopt_postfields, $postfields);     curl_setopt($curld, curlopt_url, $url);     curl_setopt($curld, curlopt_returntransfer, true);     $output = curl_exec($curld);     curl_close ($curld);     preg_match("/(.*)/",$output, $out); } 

this sample message:

our address: h&r center.

thanks in advance.

i have used fix issue:

$text = str_replace('&', '%26', $_request["bulksms1__messagetextbox"]); 

see urlencode() -> http://php.net/manual/en/function.urlencode.php

<?php $text = urlencode($_request["bulksms1__messagetextbox"]); ?>