Variable in a URL

[Anon]

This is quite an odd scenario, I've been using PHP for a long time, using code exactly like this, but all-of-the-sudden, it doesn't work. Alright, here we go:

I've got a variable in my URL (http://www.fakedomain.com/foo.php?page=bar&) and I've got code in foo.php that looks like:

if ($page != "") {
echo ("Ding! It works now.");
} else {
echo ("Bzzt - Wrong URL. Try again.");
}

but no matter what is typed in the URL, it always says there's no $page. I've tried switching globals on the server on and off to no avail. Please help.

[kailien]

looks like you are doing some parameter checking for your page!

this does not solve your dilemma, but it is a work around:

if (!isset($page))
{
Header("Location: /error.php");
exit();
}
else
{
//show foo.php content with $page=bar
}

[Anon]

Which version of PHP? Have you tried using the new global arrays?

[Anon]

I got it fixed... see, the page was actually an html document with multiple instances of php in it... one of those instances did something php didn't like, and it dumped all my variables, but it's all good now.

[Anon]

I was gonna suggest using $HTTP_GET_VARS:

if ($HTTP_GET_VARS[page] != "") {
echo ("Ding! It works now.");
} else {
echo ("Bzzt - Wrong URL. Try again.");
}