encoding increase the size string, but decode don't reduce it

Question

I'm sending an string via an url.

The string I wrote is :

"tasse(s)", size : 8

When i transmit it from the url, it encodes the string, so it's like that :

 string(16) "tasse(s)"

and If I get more info, its :

string(16) "tasse(s)"

So, after receiving my parameter via url, it's possible to get back :

"tasse(s)", size : 8

Because "tasse(s)", size : 8 exist in my Mysql BDD, but when I compare it with "tasse(s)", size : 16, it consider they are not the same ..

Someone have an solution for that ?

Code :

{assign var="myUri" value=site_url("admin/deleteRowInRecipe/"|cat:$recette[$i]->id|cat:"/"|cat:$ingredient|cat:"/"|cat:$quantite|cat:"/"|cat:$unite)}   

<a href="{$myUri}"><input type="button" value="Supprimer"></a>

In my console firefox/chrome :

<a href="http://localhost/CodeIgniter_RECETTE-copie/admin/deleteRowInRecipe/52/curcuma/1/3/tasse(s)">
<input type="button" value="Supprimer"></a>
                        <br/>

Answer 1

Those are htmlentities, Code Igniter is somewhere escaping the parameter (or you're doing it inadvertently). To get the correct value you can use html_entity_decode.

$ php -r 'var_dump(html_entity_decode("tasse(s)"));'
string(8) "tasse(s)"