check for var in url??

[Paul_Ferrie]

Hi guys.

At present if i am passing vars through the url i do it like so:
http://www.web.com/index.php?var=53

my client has asked if it is possble to remove the var=.
So url would be
http://www.web.com/index.php?53
or even
http://www.web.com/?53
How would i check for this var?

Thanks

Paul

[devinemke]

if you are using apache then you should look at mod_rewrite

[dream_scape]

if (isset($_GET['53'])) {
    echo "53 is set";
}

[laserlight]

hmm... perhaps more like:

if (isset($_SERVER['QUERY_STRING']) && $_SERVER['QUERY_STRING'] == '53') {
	//query string contains "53"
}

[Paul_Ferrie]

Hi guys thanks for the reply. i think some peeps mis read my point.

It could be any number that is past in the url. I just wan to check that there is a var in the url(a number in this case) and if ther is assign a var to hold that number.

if (isset($_SERVER['QUERY_STRING'])) { 
   $someVar =$_SERVER['QUERY_STRING'];
} 

Am i right in assuming that $somvar will hold whatever was passed in the url?

[Paul_Ferrie]

Working now 🙂
Thanks for the help guys 😃