pass vars in urls

[homer09001]

ok i have a page with a link like so:

<a href='http://sunward.dth-scripts.com/index.php?page=fleet&type=$type'>$type</a>

in index.php i have a file called getpage.php

which displays a page based on the page being passed in the url: in this case the page is "fleet"

but at the same time i need to pass the $type variable along with the page.

the problem occurs when getpage.php tried to include fleet.php?type=747

i get the following error:

Warning: include(fleet.php&?type=747) [function.include]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /home/.philadelphia/homer09001/sunward.dth-scripts.com/getpage.php on line 11

Warning: include() [function.include]: Failed opening 'fleet.php&?type=747' for inclusion (include_path='.:/usr/local/php5/lib/php') in /home/.philadelphia/homer09001/sunward.dth-scripts.com/getpage.php on line 11

how the heck do i get round this?

[homer09001]

btw this is the code in getpage.php at deals with the fleet page:

$type = $_REQUEST['type'];
$page = $_REQUEST['page'];

if($page == "fleet")
{
if(isset($type))
{
include "fleet.php&?type=$type";
}
else
{
include "fleet.php";
}}

[laserlight]

[man]include[/man] does not work that way. It works with variable scope instead.

[bradgrafelman]

Not to mention the fact that an [man]include[/man]d file can also access the $_REQUEST superglobal array, so there's really no need to try and pass the $type variable in any form.