php urlencode question

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Hey,

I have a problem I'm hoping some cleaver chappies here can help me fix.

I've created a form to integrate into Microsoft Live Meeting. This passes a session id and a password though to a url on Microsofts site. The Microsoft website used to create the Live Meeting creates a url for the Live Meeting. However, I would like to redirect our customers through our website. Mainly because the Microsoft email invite has issues, plus management feel it looks more professional.

My problem is that the passwords are complex (set by MS) and running the password through PHP urlencode does not yield the same results as the MS website. For example:

Code:
The Password: jfzW2<4]b =

MS Link ID:  https://www.livemeeting.com/cc/pid/joinEA?id=jfzW2%3C4%5Db

PHP urlencode from my form:  https://www.livemeeting.com/cc/pid/joinEA?id=jfzW2%253C4%255Db
I have tried passing the password as is and this doesn't work.

I think this is just a difference between php and Microsoft dealing with url encoding and thus I am stuffed. However, I'd like to hear any ideas you have to potentially fix this.

TIA.

Jon
 
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