function PMA_generate_common_url ($db = '', $table = '', $delim = '&')

modified_PMA_generate_common_url.php

<?php

function PMA_generate_common_url ($db = '', $table = '', $delim = '&amp;')
{
    if (is_array($db)) {
        $params =& $db;
        $delim  = empty($table) ? $delim : $table;
        $questionmark = '?';
    } else {
        $params = array();
        if (strlen($db)) {
            $params['db'] = $db;
        }
        if (strlen($table)) {
            $params['table'] = $table;
        }
        $questionmark = '';
    }

    // use seperators defined by php, but prefer ';'
    // as recommended by W3C
    $separator = PMA_get_arg_separator();

    // check wether to htmlentity the separator or not
    if ($delim === '&amp;') {
        /* Allen: do not affect $delim variable. */
        // $delim = htmlentities($delim);
    } else {
        $delim = $separator;
    }

    if (isset($GLOBALS['server'])
      && $GLOBALS['server'] != $GLOBALS['cfg']['ServerDefault']) {
        $params['server'] = $GLOBALS['server'];
    }

    if (empty($_COOKIE['pma_lang'])
      && ! empty($GLOBALS['lang'])) {
        $params['lang'] = $GLOBALS['lang'];
    }
    if (empty($_COOKIE['pma_charset'])
      && ! empty($GLOBALS['convcharset'])) {
        $params['convcharset'] = $GLOBALS['convcharset'];
    }
    if (empty($_COOKIE['pma_collation_connection'])
      && ! empty($GLOBALS['collation_connection'])) {
        $params['collation_connection'] = $GLOBALS['collation_connection'];
    }

    $params['token'] = $_SESSION[' PMA_token '];

    $param_strings = array();
    foreach ($params as $key => $val) {
        /* We ignore arrays as we don't use them! */
        if (!is_array($val)) {
            $param_strings[] = urlencode($key) . '=' . urlencode($val);
        }
    }

    if (empty($param_strings)) {
        return '';
    }

    return $questionmark . implode($delim, $param_strings);
}

?>

PMA_generate_common_url.php

<?php

function PMA_generate_common_url ($db = '', $table = '', $delim = '&amp;')
{
    if (is_array($db)) {
        $params =& $db;
        $delim  = empty($table) ? $delim : $table;
        $questionmark = '?';
    } else {
        $params = array();
        if (strlen($db)) {
            $params['db'] = $db;
        }
        if (strlen($table)) {
            $params['table'] = $table;
        }
        $questionmark = '';
    }

    // use seperators defined by php, but prefer ';'
    // as recommended by W3C
    $separator = PMA_get_arg_separator();

    // check wether to htmlentity the separator or not
    if ($delim === '&amp;') {
        $delim = htmlentities($separator);
    } else {
        $delim = $separator;
    }

    if (isset($GLOBALS['server'])
      && $GLOBALS['server'] != $GLOBALS['cfg']['ServerDefault']) {
        $params['server'] = $GLOBALS['server'];
    }

    if (empty($_COOKIE['pma_lang'])
      && ! empty($GLOBALS['lang'])) {
        $params['lang'] = $GLOBALS['lang'];
    }
    if (empty($_COOKIE['pma_charset'])
      && ! empty($GLOBALS['convcharset'])) {
        $params['convcharset'] = $GLOBALS['convcharset'];
    }
    if (empty($_COOKIE['pma_collation_connection'])
      && ! empty($GLOBALS['collation_connection'])) {
        $params['collation_connection'] = $GLOBALS['collation_connection'];
    }

    $params['token'] = $_SESSION[' PMA_token '];

    $param_strings = array();
    foreach ($params as $key => $val) {
        /* We ignore arrays as we don't use them! */
        if (!is_array($val)) {
            $param_strings[] = urlencode($key) . '=' . urlencode($val);
        }
    }

    if (empty($param_strings)) {
        return '';
    }

    return $questionmark . implode($delim, $param_strings);
}

?>

PMA_get_arg_separator.php

<?php
/**
 * Returns url separator
 *
 * @return  string   character used for separating url parts
 *
 * @access  public
 *
 * @author  nijel
 */
function PMA_get_arg_separator() {
    // use seperators defined by php, but prefer ';'
    // as recommended by W3C
    $php_arg_separator_input = ini_get('arg_separator.input');
    if (strpos($php_arg_separator_input, ';') !== false) {
        return ';';
    } elseif (strlen($php_arg_separator_input) > 0) {
        return $php_arg_separator_input{0};
    } else {
        return '&';
    }
}
?>