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Hi, basically i have a php file which takes an input as a url (such as " http://www.test.com/index.php?name=andy&friend=john ") However,whenever i pass this into my php file via $_GET, i end up with: http://www.mysite.com/file.php?site=http://www.test.com/index.php?name=andy&friend=john which my PHP doesn't like. Ifi hard code the link as a variable, it's fine, but since this is impossible to work with. Anyone have a work around? I don't need to access the variables, just accept the URL as an input for the file. Thanks for any help =]

Mods, please delete, i have found the answer.