Need to allow encoded slashes on Apache

Question

I\'m currently trying to place a URL within a URL. For example:

http://example.com/url/http%3A%2F%2Fwww.url2.com

I\'m aware that I have to

Answer 1

in light of all the hassles, i opted for base64_encoding followed by urlencoding. It works without having to fool around with apache server settings or looking at bug reports. It also works without having to put the url in the query section.

$enc_url = urlencode(base64_encode($uri_string));

and to get it back

$url = base64_decode(urldecode($enc_url));

http://example.com/admin/supplier_show/8/YWRtaW4vc3VwcGxpZXJz

http://example.com/admin/supplier_show/93/YWRtaW4vc3VwcGxpZXJzLzEwMA%3D%3D