PHP: variables in url

GavB · 04-22-2007, 04:52 PM

Might be a bit of a strange question but I know it can be done because I've done it before and just can't work it out again.

Basically when you have a variable in a url like this:

yourdomain.com/file.php?this=something

To print the value of $this you do

print $_GET['this'];

but I am trying to work out how to set a variable like this

yourdomain.com/file.php?something

print $_GET['something here?'];

I know I've explained it very badly haha but maybe someone will know what I mean

thanks

vxc69 · 04-22-2007, 05:16 PM

Try this:

Code:

while(list($varname, $val) = each($HTTP_GET_VARS))
{
echo "$varname$val";
}

I'm not sure if this is the best way to do this. If you use spaces, the %20's come up as '_'. You can of course parse it out and display the spaces.

vxc

derzok · 04-22-2007, 05:46 PM

I usually just do:

if($isset($_GET['something'])) {
print $_GET['something'];
}

vxc69 · 04-22-2007, 05:53 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by derzok

I usually just do:

if($isset($_GET['something'])) {
print $_GET['something'];
}

That will only print whatever is after something=. I think GavB is looking for something that will print everything after file.php?.

BTW isset is not a variable.

vxc

GavB · 04-22-2007, 07:02 PM

I knew I hadn't explained it too well haha

What I want to do is instead of having URLs like this

www.domain.com/index.php?page=contact

I want them to look like this

www.domain.com/index.php?contact

(or even www.domain.com/?contact)

I'm 99% sure it can be done

vxc69 · 04-22-2007, 07:17 PM

So from your latest example i take it that contact is the variable. So you should be able to do this using what I mentioned.

User goes to link www.yourdomain.com?contact, then $varname (in my code example) will contain contact.

EDIT: That is assuming that index.php has the code. If it's another page,let say testicles.php, then you can do the same with www.yourdomain.com/testicles?contact.

If this is not what you're looking for, then I still don't get your problem. Sorry.

So hope this helps,
vxc

GavB · 04-24-2007, 03:20 PM

Thanks for that Vxc it works great, but I'm sure there is another simpler way. I'll update this post if I find it, but your way works great for what I need