URL and HTML sanitization

/* Parameter URL values */
$name = 'param1';
$surname = 'param2';

/* Sanitized URL parameter values */
$nameSanitized = urlencode($name);
$surnameSanitized = urlencode($surname);

/* URL string */
$url = 'http://yoursite.com?name=' . $nameSanitized . '&surname=' . $surnameSanitized;

/* URL string sanitized for HTML */
$urlHTML = htmlentities($url, ENT_QUOTES | ENT_HTML5, 'UTF-8');

echo '<a href="' . $urlHTML . '">';