web address question

[raker7]

probably a really ridiculous question, but i've been coding for a while, and all of my web addresses are .../title.php. and i can't figure out how, for example, in this posting website, the address is .../newthread.php?do=newthread&f=3. where does the question mark come from after the php?

[devinemke]

this has nothing to do with PHP necessarily but the HTTP spec allows for the client to send name/value pairs passed on the URL query string like so:

http://www.example.com/index.php?name1=value1&name2=value2

then the webserver can then receive these pairs as:

name1 = value1
name2 = value2

PHP will automagically put thes into the $_GET superglobal array

[raker7]

ah ok. thank you.