php get command

[jcomputer]

Hi,

I am using the $_GET command to grab the url for a redirection but my urls are over 100 characters so its not going to the link i want it to. Is there a way i can get it to work with over 100 characters?

PS. I dont have a form at all i just need the page to redirect to a website that is placed in the url ex. www.mysites.com/redirect.php?go to=http://www.google.com except the site i go to is longer then teh google address.

[mwasif]

I am using the $_GET command to grab the url for a redirection but my urls are over 100 characters so its not going to the link i want it to.

Are you sure about this?

This may be due the spaces, & or other characters in the URL. You should use urlencode() to send URL as a paramter.

[kovik]

I believe URLs can be around 700 characters long. It shouldn't be an issue of length.

[jcomputer]

Thanks guys for the quick help but i just noticed what the problem was. The site i redirect to has variables in its url and it was messing up my url because they were using & so i had to change it to %26

[kovik]

Yes, as mwasif said. Don't manually change them... urlencode() does that for you.