url in get request

[OriginalDavid]

I'm trying to make a short script that does something with a URL.

 

so I want the URL to be called like this:

 

http://mydomain.com/script.php?url=http://www.domainname.com/test

 

and then in the script.php I have 

 

$url=$_GET=["url"];

 

The problem is, when I call script.php with the url in it, it brings up a 403 forbidden error. 

 

I think it's because it has forward slashes in it.

 

Any ideas?

 

 

[Maq]

Try using urlencode() on it, if that doesn't work then you have to use rawurlencode().