links and variables

[Anon]

Greetings!

i need to make it so when a user clicks on a plain-text link, a variable is given a value and the page is reloaded.

Bob.php is the page, and $page is the variable. When someone clicks on the link below, the variable $page must be changed to "1" and bob.php has to reload.

<a href = "bob.php">click here</a>

That will reload the page, but it won't set the variable. I could use a form, but i don't want to use those messy buttons.

any help would be appreciated!

thanks in advance!

[Anon]

Use javascript to force the loading of a new page.

off the top of my head (in other words, grab a manual to verify, netscape has a good manual online)
<a href="whocares" onClick="self.location(bob.php?var=value);return true;">click here</a>