[SOLVED] Forbidden error - http://website.com/page.php?url=http://www.othersite.com

[scarhand]

i am getting a forbidden error when i try and go to this type of URL:

 

http://website.com/page.php?url=http://www.othersite.com

 

yet i can access this URL fine:

 

http://website.com/page.php

 

why is this happening?

[trq]

What does page.php do with the $_GET['url'] variable?

[scarhand]

What does page.php do with the $_GET['url'] variable?

 

if (isset($_GET['url']))
{
  $url = $_GET['url'];
  
  $gfcontent = file_get_contents($url);
  echo $gfcontent;
}
else
{
  die('no url specified');
}

 

but it doesnt even work if i use, say, http://website.com/page.php?anythinghere=http://www.othersite.com, i still get a forbidden error

[rhodesa]

do you have any mod_rewrites?

 

also, try:

http://website.com/page.php?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.othersite.com

[scarhand]

thanks for the help but ive taken this in a different direction that uses POST instead of GET