How to encode URL parameters?
With PHP echo urlencode(“http://www.image.com/?username=unknown&password=unknown”); Result http%3A%2F%2Fwww.image.com%2F%3Fusername%3Dunknown%26password%3Dunknown With Javascript: var myUrl = “http://www.image.com/?username=unknown&password=unknown”; var encodedURL= “http://www.foobar.com/foo?imageurl=” + encodeURIComponent(myUrl); DEMO: http://jsfiddle.net/Lpv53/