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rfarley1

I'm crazy new to this, how do I utilize linking to "http://..com/page.php?section" What is this called? I want to have one page that will display a different line of text, each time a similar link is clicked. Is this only possible with a MySql database?

 <?php 
$var1 = array("one" => "text for one","two" => "text for two");
echo "$var1[one]";
 ?> 

<a href="page.php?two">test</a>

Thanks in advance.
Roger

etully

There are a thousand different ways to do that. You can use a MySQL database as the source of the lines of text... but in your example, you are using an array which will accomplish the same thing.

But you should be passing in a variable like this:

<?php
$var1 = array("one" => "text for one","two" => "text for two");

//   This receives the value for "x" that was passed in the URL
//  and puts it in a variable called $number
$number = $_GET['x'] ; 
echo "$var1[$number]";
?>

<a href="page.php?x=two">test</a>

NogDog

Link:

<a href='page.php?text=two'>Click me</a>

page.php:

$var1 = array("one" => "text for one","two" => "text for two");
if(isset($_GET['text']) && array_key_exists($_GET['text'], $var1))
{
   echo $var1[$_GET['text']];
}
else
{
   echo "Default text here if needed.";
}

rfarley1

Thanks. Any suggestions on how the best method for REALLY learning this stuff? Books, Sites, etc.

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