kevin wrote: >$urlcode = urlencode($cornishword); >echo "<a href=\"scripts/popup.php?cword=$urlcode\">test</a>"; > >When I use the above it works fine until I hit words like conveţhaz which PHP >sees on the other side as conve with the rest chopped off. Any ideas? > > don't forget to decode it $cword=urldecode($_GET['cword']); Kae