title: php curl super long url malformed
body: <p>I have a long url nested in a variable: $mp4, and trying to download it with curl but i'm getting malformed error. Please help me if you can, thank you in advance!</p>
  
  <p>The below is what I have in my php script:</p>
  
  <pre><code>exec("curl -o $fnctid.mp4 \"$mp4\"");
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Error message:</p>
  
  <pre><code>curl: (3) &lt;url&gt; malformed
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Sample url to test download:</p>
  
  <pre><code>http://f26.stream.nixcdn.com/6f4df1d8c248cf149b846c24d32f1c35/514e0209/PreNCT5/22-TaylorSwift-2426783.mp4
  </code></pre>