Referencing A Url

[gever1010]

I have a question about syntax. I have an html anchor that calls a php file, while passing a file name. It works just as intended when it looks like this:

 

<a href="http://www.mysite.com/direct_download.php?file=uploads/myfile.mp3">Download</a>

 

But my mp3 files are on another server, so I want to reference the file using the url. Can I do that? It doesn't seem to work. Example:

 

<a href="http://www.mysite.com/direct_download.php?file=http://www.myserver.com/uploads/myfile.mp3">Download</a>

 

Ideas? Am I missing quotes or something in particular to be able to read it as a URL?

[requinix]

Make direct_download.php add the location itself. As in

$location = "http://www.myserver.com/" . $_GET["file"];

By the way I hope you're validating that filename before blindly using it.