Query_string

[pyro]

Hello.

I have a question about the QUERY_STRING. What I am trying to do it pass a variable like this:

<?
require("test.php?readthis");
?>

and then read it in my required file (test.php) like this

$query = $QUERY_STRING;
echo ($query);

It works fine if I use a link like this <a href="test.php?readthis">test</a> but I can't get it to work with the require. I'm guessing that with the require, it doesn't send any QUERY_STRING, so does anyone know of a way that I can do this?

Thanks.

[devinemke]

the require()d file inheirits the variable scope of the script. There fore you can simply do:

$query = 'readthis';
require ('test.php');

then in test.php:

echo ($query);
// ouputs [B]readthis[/B] 

[pyro]

Ok, that worked. Now I need to be able to send something like this...

$query = 'myfile.txt';
require ('test.php');

This seems to return an error, though. 🙁 Can I send a variable with a period in it?

[devinemke]

what error? works fine on my rig:

<?
$query = 'myfile.txt';
require ('test.php');
?>

and in test.php...

<?
echo $query;
?>

...outputs myfile.txt

[pyro]

Ahh..Right you are. It was a problem somewhere else in my script. It's all working now. Thanks.