hmm, if it were crashing the server wouldn't that mean everything on the server would be down at that time? i don't think that's likely cause liek i said, my host would be notifying me of it. i ahve no doubt tho that the script, and so the code, is directly or indirectly causing it. because the results can be reproduced every single time, given different query strings. here's the list i have so far if you want to try them yourselves.
Code:
this is the url i wanted to use and which i based the rest off of. it causes a 503 error.
http://bashfreebieguide.com/mystatus/mystatus2.php?username=test&password=test&text=*BFreeGadgets4Me%20%20:%20%20*GReceived%20$225*B||FreeComputerAddons%20%20:%20%20*GReceived%20DVD%20Burner*B||Trainn:%20YourFreeFlatscreen:%20%20*GShipping%20Soon*B||FreePay:%20PCs:%20%20*GReceived%20:)*B||&font=crystal_clear&background=white
these work fine:
http://bashfreebieguide.com/mystatus/mystatus2.php?username=test&password=test&text=*BFreeGadgets4Me%20%20:%20%20*GReceived%20$225*B||FreeComputerAddons%20%20:%20%20*GReceived%20DVD%20Burner&font=crystal_clear&background=white
http://bashfreebieguide.com/mystatus/mystatus2.php?username=test&password=test&text=*BFreeGadgets4Me%20%20:%20%20*GReceived%20$225*B||FreePay:%20PCs:%20%20*GReceived%20:)&font=crystal_clear&background=white
http://bashfreebieguide.com/mystatus/mystatus2.php?username=test&password=test&text=*BFreeGadgets4M%20$225*B||Fner*B||T&font=crystal_clear&background=white
http://bashfreebieguide.com/mystatus/mystatus2.php?username=test&password=test&text=*BFreeGadgeteive225*B||FreeComputner*B||Troon*B||FreePae*B||&font=crystal_clear&background=white
^has all the text, but chopped out in the middle
http://bashfreebieguide.com/mystatus/mystatus2.php?username=test&password=test&text=*BFreeGadge------------teive225*B||FreeComp----------utner*B||Tr--------oon*B||Free------------Pae*B||&font=crystal_clear&background=white
these don't work:
http://bashfreebieguide.com/mystatus/mystatus2.php?username=test&password=test&text=*BFreeGadgets4Me%20%20:%20%20*GReceived%20$225*B||FreeComputerAddons%20%20:%20%20*GReceived%20DVD%20Burner*B||Trainn:%20YourFreeFlatscreen:%20%20*GShipping%20Soon&font=crystal_clear&background=white
http://bashfreebieguide.com/mystatus/mystatus2.php?username=test&password=test&text=*BFreeGadgets4Me%20%20:%20%20*GReceived%20$225*B||FreeComputerAddons%20%20:%20%20*GReceived%20DVD%20Burner*B||FreePay:%20PCs:%20%20*GReceived%20:)&font=crystal_clear&background=white
http://bashfreebieguide.com/mystatus/mystatus2.php?username=test&password=test&text=*BFreeGadgets4Me%20%20:%20%20*GReceived%20$225*B||FreePay:%20PCs:%20%20*GReceived%20:)*B||Trainn:%20YourFreeFlatscreen:%20%20*GShipping%20Soon&font=crystal_clear&background=white
http://bashfreebieguide.com/mystatus/mystatus2.php?username=test&password=test&text=*BFreeGadge%20%20%20%20%20%20teive225*B||FreeComp%20%20%20%20utner*B||Tr%20%20oon*B||Free%20%20%20%20%20%20Pae*B||&font=crystal_clear&background=white
^same as the working one with added %20s