URL in a get variable

Hi,

I am trying to pass a url to a different page as a GET variable.

Example:

[url]http://www.domain.com/mypage.php?file_path=http://www.domain.com/index.php?id=3&type=new[/url]

For some reason when I do:

$file_path = $_GET["file_path"];

It appears to cut off anything after the '&'.

Has anyone encountered this problem and know of a good solution to overcome it?

Read here:

Hi,

I attempted to encode the URL as I was passing it.

This seemed to work ok, but when I decoded it on the 2nd page it still seemed to elimante everything after the &.

In actualility it doesn't eliminate it, it appears to make whatever the variable name its on array in the $_GET variable.

you will find that the type has its own get var as when its decoded the server will see the & and think new var

eitheier use $_GET['type'] and remake the url

or replace the & with somthing else and str_replace later to put it back

Try to use

base64_encode()

before printing the "<A HREF" string so you get something like :

and then base64_decode() to retrieve the encoded value
in you $file_path variable when the link is activated.