How to change a url inside a webpage from a variable in the main url?

tanco521

Ok...this is what I want to do and I would love some advice from you guys 🙂

I want to have an html page that will have a couple of url's located somewhere in it. Those urls will have a 6 digit number in each of them. The urls will be the same.

I want to be able to make a php file that will replace the six digit number inside the html with a six digit number that will be typed in the main url.

ex. this is a basic idea of what i want the main url to look like.
http://www.something.com/index1.php?id=SSSSSS

I want the number that is SSSSSS to replace the six digit number inside the html. I would like any number that is inputted to work.

How would I go about doing this?
thanks so much!

Rohan_Hill

To do that, first create your file index.php. Now, write that page asif it were an HTML page, and where you want the 6 digit number to appear, enter this:

<?php print $_GET['id']; ?>

So for instance, if you wanted a link to a file which was whatever that 6 digit number was, .html, you'd do this:

<a href="<?php print $_GET['id']; ?>.html">Click here</a>

Hope that helps 🙂

tanco521

Do you have to chmod it or anything? it is currently not working...here is my basic code just for testing.

<html>
<head>
<title>PHP Stuff</title>
</head>
<body bgcolor="#FFFFFF" text="#000000">
<div align="center"><a href="<?php print $_GET['id']; ?>.html">Click here</a></div>
</body>
</html>

I access it by typing
http://www.mypage.com/index.php?id=12345

Any idea what is wrong?

T_E_

Which php version?

Try using $HTTP_GET_VARS['id'] instead...

If not, what is seen happening on your index.php page, when giving it the id parameter?

dalecosp

Originally posted by tanco521

Any idea what is wrong?

<html>
<head>
<title>PHP Stuff</title>
</head>
<body bgcolor="#FFFFFF" text="#000000">
<div align="center">
<a href="http://www.mypage.com/index.php?<?php print $_GET['id']; ?>.html">
Click here</a></div>
</body>
</html>

Try again!!

dalecosp

tanco521

It is version PHP 4