Very new to PHP, but hopefully a simple solution

[jonance]

Hi,

I have messed with asp for awhile, but found a free php script that i need to edit to suit my purposes. Basically my issue is with the variable in the script below - $cbengine_cbid. Currently the script works great, but right now it pulls that value from an include called settings.inc. What i need is to be able to send that value to the script via the url...like:

www.mysite.com/script.php?cbid=myvalue

The reason is that the site is dynamic with many users and as it works now i would have to have a separate script for each user so i can change the settings.inc file as needed. If i can just send the value over (it is the only value that would change in the settings file) it would be great. Code is below and I hope someone can help.

Thanks in advance,
John

if ($totalrows > 0) {
		for($i = $fr;$i < $to;$i++) {
			$hoplink = $rss_channel["ITEMS"][$i]["LINK"] . "&u=" . $cbengine_user . "&cbid=" . $cbengine_cbid;
			print ("<div class=\"item\">"); 
			print ("\n<div class=\"itemtitle\"><a href=\"" . $hoplink . "\" target=\"_top\">" . $rss_channel["ITEMS"][$i]["TITLE"] . "</a></div>");
			print ("<div class=\"itemdescription\">" . $rss_channel["ITEMS"][$i]["DESCRIPTION"] . "</div>"); 
			print ("</div>"); 
		}
	} else {
		print ("<b>Your search did not return any products.</b>");
	}

[ClarkF1]

To get the value of cbid from the URL you just need to use

$cbengine_cbid = $_GET['cbid'];

[bpat1434]

then use $_GET['cbid'] instead of it.... or set it in settings.php like that....

[jonance]

Thanks...

Can i put that anywhere in the script? up at the top, right above that code? Sorry for being so ignorant, but i'm looking forward to learning this stuff.

Thanks
John

[bpat1434]

You could take the line ClarkF1 gave you and use that in place of the one in the settings.php page, OR, you can put that at the top of your PHP pages that you want to change.