PHP Redirect Gets 403 Forbidden

[golddave]

I have a PHP file that counts clicks on specific links (via a mySQL database) then redirecting the browser to the destination URL. The file is called as follows:
http://www.mysite.com/redirect.php?h...www.google.com

in this example redirect.php is my redirect file and http://www.google.com is the URL I'm redirecting to. When this is executed I get a 403 Forbidden error. Anyone have any ideas how I can get past the error?

Thanks,
Dave

[quietFinn]

Originally Posted by golddave

I have a PHP file that counts clicks on specific links (via a mySQL database) then redirecting the browser to the destination URL. The file is called as follows:
http://www.mysite.com/redirect.php?h...www.google.com

in this example redirect.php is my redirect file and http://www.google.com is the URL I'm redirecting to. When this is executed I get a 403 Forbidden error. Anyone have any ideas how I can get past the error?

Thanks,
Dave

It's ModSecurity causing that error, contact HG support and they can add an exception rule for it.

[mp3]

You might want to look into open redirects (you don't want them).

[golddave]

Turned out to be mod_security. Thanks for the suggestion, quietFinn.