FAQ hyperlink question

chalexan

I am using a FAQ module much like the one on this site. It will first list all the categories with sub-categories under them. When you click on the sub-category, it will display a page with all of the questions at the top of the page, which are links to the answers to the questions on the same page.

My database has two tables. One has all of the names of the categories and sub-categories. The other has all of the questions and answers.

What I would like to do is modify my FAQ so when the user clicks on the link, it displays the question and answer on a separate page. I have found the code that displays the questions and answers in my FAQ module. I cannot figure out the logic to make it a link to another page instead of a same page link.

Does anyone have a suggestion for this hack?

sidney

target the link

<a href="script.php?val=whtever" target="_blank">click here</a>

chalexan

Thanks for the reply. I'm not sure if I understand. The target="_blank" tells it to open a new window, but I'm not sure what the val=whtever" is doing.

I am going to play around with it for a little while and see if I can understand what your saying.

chalexan

I cannot figure out what the val=whtever means? Is it an action--POST or GET? Can I use it in a conditional?

if (_POST[val] == whtever)

sidney

i added the ?val=what ever just incase you were wanting to pass variable to the script with get

so yes you could use

if ( $_GET['val'] == whaever) {

chalexan

Thank you so much. I didn't realize you could do

if($_Get[val] == "whatever")

I have been messing around with it and found out that you can also do

if($val == "whatever")

Thanks.

sidney

you can only do $val==whatever if registered globals is turn on in php.ini

personnally i have it off which make it more secure