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?