Passing information from page to page DB

[Anon]

Alright, Im new to mysql and php but Im getting a good grasp on it. I am trying to figure out how to pass information from one page to another page without using the submit button. This is an example. Say I have an database full of receipes. Then I split them up into sections by pork, chicken, meat, fish. Now when I split them up, I did it by a database to pull the information. Now I want to make it a link, I know how to do that, except I want it to pull the variable I clicked on... So it would be http://www.blabla.com/chicken/ Now the question is here... How can I pull that variable, say chicken which he clicked on, and display it showing all the reciepes that include chicken... And then I would have all those recipes become links and then you could click on them to see the individual recepie. Does that make any sense. Thanks in advance... Hopefully it was clear enough.

[djurnoce]

You can embed it in the URL of the link, like:

<A HREF="next_page.php?recipe_type=vegetarian&val2=meatismurder">More recipes here</A>

or, you can turn the link into a submit button with some javascript.

<FORM name="myform" action="next_page.php">
<A HREF="" onclick="some_js_stuff();">More recipes here</A>

in the javascript, you need to have:
document.myform.submit() to submit the form.

[Anon]

Well I started to understand that... But how do i pull the information on the next page... i know this will be a brief answer... But the php book i bought doesnt cover it. Im sorry to bother you about it.
Thanks for the quick response
Sincerely
John