2 idiot PHP questions: getting URL attribute and date formatting

minestrone

Hi,

Ass you have already guessed by my questions im not a PHP expert. Basically my two questions are...

im linking to a page

talk.php?id=12

How can i get the attribute from the URL in my PHP page?

and also im getting a date string from the database which look like this

1147517086

Is there any method that can format this datestamp into English?

Thanks in advance

cheers

davie

laserlight

im linking to a page

talk.php?id=12

How can i get the attribute from the URL in my PHP page?

Use $_GET['id']. Remember to check before using it that it exists with [man]isset/man, or check if it is empty with [man]empty/man.

and also im getting a date string from the database which look like this

1147517086

Is there any method that can format this datestamp into English?

What is the format? If it is a Unix timestamp, you can use [man]date/man.

minestrone

cheers for the reply.

yea its a unix timestamp, comes from mySQL as im using e107. ill take a look at the date page. im just looking to turn it from the time stamp to something more readable.

as for the URL attribute string that what i was looking for.

cheers

davie

leatherback

In your query:

select *, DATE_FORMAT(DATECOLUM, '%Y %M %d') as date from...YadieYadieYadie