Send though Address

evan18h

Would I be able send variable values though the address bar?

for example:

www.website.com/page.php?variable=153

sending values with the "?" after the page, is that the same? if it is how would that work for variables in php, also to load the page i am sending to, insead of a form submit can I use the readfile() function in php along with the variable sending?

ex:

readfile('http://www.website.com/page.php?variable=153');

Tomz

Yes, you can send variables through the address by using ?variable=blahblah . This doesn't work with the readfile() command, you'll get and error.

If you want to do something like this you could consider using

header ("location: your_url_here");

Note that header commands don't work when you've already sent data to the browser.

Hope this helps 🙂

Napster

well you could go ob_start() and ob_end_flush()

Tomz

Interesting Napster...didn't know this command. Just looked it up.

Could be a solution except when this variable (that is passed through the url) is used for something else then just output.

Napster

in my login i will set a cooking in the middle of the script by going

<?php

ob_start();

code here;

set_cookie();

ob_end_flush();

more code;

?>

Weedpacket

Originally posted by Tomz
Yes, you can send variables through the address by using ?variable=blahblah . This doesn't work with the readfile() command, you'll get and error.

Really? Works for me....

[man]readfile[/man]
Tip: You can use a URL as a filename with this function if the fopen wrappers have been enabled. See fopen() for more details on how to specify the filename and Appendix I for a list of supported URL protocols.