Hi all,

I'm a php newbie, so please bear with me, if this is a sooo easy question.

Consider http://p2p.wrox.com/sql-server-2000-20/9

how can I get the 89 in the Query string FORUM_ID?

Cheers,

Frank

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$forum_id=$HTTP_GET_VARS['FORUM_ID'] or
$forum_id=$_GET['FORUM_ID']

Regs,
NotNowJohn


...but the Soon is eclipsed by the Moon

Thanks NotNowJohn,

what is the scope (lifecycle?) of
$HTTP_GET_VARS['FORUM_ID']. In other words, how long is $HTTP_GET_VARS['FORUM_ID'] valid?

Cheers,

Frank

This value (and whole array, of couse) is available on the whole page.
The value FORUM_ID=89 can be added to the end of the URL either
by user's typing and by the script.
All "URL addings" (everything after "?" in he query string) are available
in the associative array named $HTTP_GET_VARS, so if you typed
http://www.someul.com/page1.php?a=3&b=4&c=5
on the page1.asp you can use the variable's values cause it's automatcally
configured
$HTTP_GET_VARS["a"]=3
$HTTP_GET_VARS["b"]=4
$HTTP_GET_VARS["c"]=5

In other words each user request create this array and initialize his members.

HTH.

...but the Soon is eclipsed by the Moon

Yes, it does!

Thank you!

Cheers,

Frank

There's actually an even easier way to get the variable from the query string. if your querystring is ***.php?FORUM_ID=85 Then all you would have to do in your PHP is use $FORUM_ID where you want it to show up in the script. That's obviously the simplest way though. There are MANY more complicated ways like some of the above.

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~cmiller

Hello ~cmiller,

I haven't the opportunity to check this now, but does it also work for multiple parameters like ?FORUM_ID=89&TOPIC_ID=454...

Cheers,

Frank

Hello ~cmiller,

hmm...your solution isn't working. Given the above example

echo $FORUM_ID yields an error message like 'Undefined variable'???

Since I know ASP programming I found a solution that's familiar to me. I use
$_REQUEST['FORUM_ID']. which also seems to work

Cheers,

Frank

Frank,

In the php config file there is an option to register global variables
If register_global=on then all variables (all request parts which can be interpreted as a variable) are available in the manner cmiller mentioned.
However, it is recommended, and most of admins accept this recmd, that this option will be disabled (register_global=off), and that the script has to access these values through several associative arrays.

Regs,
NotNowJohn

...but the Soon is eclipsed by the Moon

Thanks NotNowJohn,

for explanation. If there is no issue with $_REQUEST, I'll use this.

Cheers,

Frank