file_get_contents with spaces in URL

Question

I have an issue where even if I replace the spaces to %20 and get this content the ultimate url the browser gets turns the \"%20\" into \"%2520\"

Here\'s my code, an

Answer 1

$data = json_encode($_POST);

$url = "http://www.index.com?data=";

echo file_get_contents($url . urlencode($data));