index.php?goto=name question

theonetimmyb

i have seen the code on this site for doing that code, but i have a few questions about it.

first, where does the code get placed? just in the index.php file?

second, can the index.php?goto=name point to an HTML file?

jeremuck

what code have you seen?

index.php?goto=sefefsfdf

tells your browser to get the index.php file
and tells index.php that there is a variable goto with some text.

So, it would be wise to put code that does something with the variable in the page requested.

Second, goto doesn't really mean anything. It's just a variable. What the script does with it is dependant on what you tell it to do.

I suggest you get a book. I like Core PHP Programming by Leon Atkinson.

The_Chancer

I've seen it as well, most recently in PHPMyAdmin....
like so...

http://someserver.com/php/sql.php?lang=en&server=1&db=bob&table=buildings&goto=tbl_properties.php&sql_query=DELETE+FROM+%60buildings%60&zero_rows=Table+enquiry+has+been+emptied

(Just to clarify...)

Bugger VBulletin does the text formatting thing again...

theonetimmyb

i'll get a book then. thanks for your help, guys.

dawson1323

All that code usually is, someone using the get method instead of post method when submitting a form.

-D

michael

Example invocation:
<a href=?name=login>Login</a>

Example index.php:

switch($name) {
case 'login':
readfile(mylogin.php);
break;

case 'main':
default:
    show_homepage();
break;

}

Function show_homepage() {

print "You have reached the homepage.<br/>\n";
print "<a href=?name=login>Login</a><br/>\n";
}

Doesn't get much more sloppy than that, but that's how it's accomplished.