Question

I am passing a URL through a GET variable. When I echo the variable on the next page, it displays the URL without special characters. For example, take the URL:

http://example.com/upload?url=http://www.test.com/this%20is%20the%20image.jpg

When this code executes:

echo $_GET['url'];

the result is:

http://www.test.com/this is the image.jpg

How do I get exactly what the value of the GET variable is in the URL, and not have it converted upon retrieval?

Answer 1

You will need to parse $_SERVER['QUERY_STRING'] yourself if you want the raw values in the query string.