[RESOLVED] using $_GET

messels

i'm building a site that at one point outputs search results and includes the username. if the username is selected it goes to that person's profile as well as pulls up all the entries for that user.

my friend told me for the link, i need to user $_GET for this but i don't understand what i do w/ thsi information.

<?php
...
print ("
...
...
</div>

<div class=\"resultsfooter\">
<p><a href=\"viewprofile.php?id=$user_name\">$user_name</a>
...blah blah");

so, how do i get that id on viewprofile.php?

leatherback

have a look here

messels

WOW. that has to be the best tip i've ever gotten.

the tutorial is freaking clear as hell too. did you write that tutorial up?

regardless, thank you.

i was thinking along the lines of "if(isset($_GET...))" but i thought i would just be making some weird thing up. lol.

😃

leatherback

Heya Messels,

Thx,

Yeah, I am afraid I must admit I wrote it. I got annoyed answering basically the same questions because the manuals are outdated and many tutorials are crappy. If you have any suggestions for tutorials.. I hope to get some time soon again and write some new ones (And correct the typos in the old ones.

HJ.

laserlight

Incidentally, it is better to write:

$day = isset($_GET['day']) ? $_GET['day'] : 1;

The more compact notation aside, this clarifies the scope of $day, making it obvious at a glance that all control paths must have it initialised to some value.

messels

am easy suggestion would be to finish linking everything together if you're short on time. i'm going to poke around a bit more now; i just remember thinking, "bummer, no links to more of the tutorials in the article..."

still, very helpful; thanks. i now get why everyone just says "it works like $_POST." lol