Presenting different flash movies according to catid

[seanpaulcail]

Hello,

I have links that are appended with a catid.

For example, the first link is this

http://caillouette.com/chapter25c/show_cat.php?catid=1

In the show cat php I have a do_html_header code which is in an included file.

Inside the do_html_header function I have the following:

first I get the catid

$catid = $HTTP_GET_VARS['catid']; 

then I output some html, then I embed the flash movie according to the $catid, which follows:

<? if ($catid==1)
 { 
 ?>
 <embed src="ToddWhite.swf" quality="high" bgcolor="#ffffff" width="425" height="51" name="ToddWhite" align="middle" allowScriptAccess="sameDomain" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" /></embed>


 <?;
 }
 else
 {
 ?>
 <EMBED src="onlinemuseum.swf" quality=high bgcolor=#FFFFFF  WIDTH="425" HEIGHT="51" NAME="baron" ALIGN=""
 TYPE="application/x-shockwave-flash" PLUGINSPAGE="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer"></EMBED>

 <?;
 }
 ?>

But it doesn't work. It keeps presenting the onlinemuseum.swf.

I did an echo $catid; and it didn't print anything.

what am I missing here? Do I need a session?

thanks

[rgermain]

Try using:

<?
 $catid = $_GET['catid']; 
?>

[seanpaulcail]

Thanks rgermain it worked!!!!

Yahooo