Reading values from querystrings

[furious5]

I imagine this is a fairly easy question, so I hope it can be answered fairly easily.

I am appending a value to a link e.g http://www.link.com/test.php?attribute=id1

How do I read this in the test.php page - I tried using the HTTP_POST_VARS but I think this is only relevant for forms e.g

$attribute = $HTTP_POST_VARS['attribute'];

Can anyone advise me of the code or what I am doing wrong

[kevinsequeira]

$attribute = $_GET['attribute'];

reg
kevin

[furious5]

That simple - once again thanks alot Kevin.

I'm really going to have to get my PHP skills back up to scratch. Now where is that book...