oh i found something.
this is the base64 ecoded value
dGVzdDxicj50ZXN0PGJyPnRlc3Q8YnI+dGVzdDxicj50ZXN0PGJyPnRlc3Q8YnI+
and heres the value when i echoed the string thats comming from the string query. theres no "+" signs.
dGVzdDxicj50ZXN0PGJyPnRlc3Q8YnI dGVzdDxicj50ZXN0PGJyPnRlc3Q8YnI