Using 'pipe' in link gives 403 forbidden error?

ziycon

When i use a 'pipe' in a link it gives a 403 forbidden error, an example of the link would be.

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http://www.mysite.com/details-12-name|02052009|About me

If i use - or ~ it works fine but i need to use the | in the links??

Markus

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Originally Posted by ziycon

When i use a 'pipe' in a link it gives a 403 forbidden error, an example of the link would be.

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http://www.mysite.com/details-12-name|02052009|About me

If i use - or ~ it works fine but i need to use the | in the links??

I guess it's because there are certain characters that aren't allowed in file names / directories, and, as it is, apache is interpreting your url as a file name or directory. Of course, because you have disallowed characters, apache gives you 'access forbidden'.

Using 'pipe' in link gives 403 forbidden error?

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