sending parameters to a php page

[vgurgov]

Hi,

I was looking how to read the parameters that are sent to a .php page and couldn't find it in the manual.

I have a querystring such as: ?name=mike&age=20&
How exactly would I go about parsing each argument from this string; i'm sure there's a function that does it really fast, just dont know what it is.

I appreciate any help, tnx.

[siwis]

Well depending upon the version of php your server is running....

a page which has parameters passed via the url (GET) automatically generates the variables for you.

thus $GET['name']; and $GET['age']; are produced by php itself and these two variables are now available for use.

Some versions of php will require $HTTP_GET_VARS['name']; etc and PHP with register_globals = on automatically assigns those above variables to the names $name and $age for you.

To make your code easier, you can simply declare the following:

$name = $GET['name'];
$age = $GET['age'];

[vgurgov]

tnx siwis, i appreciate the help!

[common_ground]

Depending what version of php you have and whether global variables are set to on or off there are different ways to do it but this should work.

?name=mike&age=20&

echo $HTTP_GET_VARS['name']; //outputs "mike"

to show all the querystring vars
foreach ($HTTP_GET_VARS as $k => $v)
{
echo ("$k $v <br>");
}

you can do the same for post using $HTTP_POST