Passing URL into php file (via GET) which contains variables

[RamboJustRambo]

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 =]

[Guardian-Mage]

You need to urlencode the slashes in the url.

 

http://ca.php.net/manual/en/function.urlencode.php

[Maq]

Not tested.

 

$encoded_site = urlencode("http://www.test.com/index.php?name=andy&friend=john");
$pass = "http://www.mysite.com/file.php?site=".$encoded_site;
echo $pass; //may have to use echo urldecode($pass) to view properly