PHP URL not allowing '+' symbol
<p>I'm using following URL,</p>

<pre><code>http://example.com/walkthrough?hostid=abcd&amp;inspectoremail=abc+@gmail.com
</code></pre>

<p>I get the inspectoremail in a variable like this.</p>

<pre><code>$inspectoremail = $_GET['inspectoremail'];
</code></pre>

<p>BUT when I echo  $inspectoremail, it is replacing '+' symbol by blank space.</p>

<pre><code>abc @gmail.com
</code></pre>

<p>So How can I get inspectoremail as it is specified in the url. 
Any help is much appreciated. Thanks</p>