Passing values through the URL

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I'm trying to pass values between web pages using php and have come across a problem. On the first page, when a user clicks on the 'Photos' link, I want the photo albums to display in the content section of the page. To make sure the correct albums are displayed I want to pass a value to search the database where my photos are stored. The value I want to search the database on is passed from a previous web page. This value is $getValue.

Is the way I'm doing this wrong??

This is the code for this page..

<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head>
<<?php 
$getValue = $_GET['place'];
?>
<title>My Travel Website</title>
<link href="americanStyle.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" media="screen" />
</head>
<body>
<div id="wrapper">
	<div id="americaHeader">
             .........
	</div>

<div id="menu">
	<ul>
		<li><a href="#">Home</a></li>
		<li><?php echo"<a href=America1.php?page=main>"; ?>Photos</a></li>
		<li><a href="#">Sights</a></li>
		<li><a href="#">Dos & Donts</a></li>
	</ul>
</div>

<div id="page">
	<div id="content">

	<?php


                     $index = array( "main" => "DisplayAlbums.php?title=$getValue" , "photo" => "DatabaseConnectionBackup.php" ); 

                     if ( !empty( $_GET["page"] ) ) { 
                           $page = $_GET["page"]; 

                     if ( array_key_exists( $page , $index ) ) 
                           include( $index[$page] ); 
                      ?> 

	</div>	
</div>
</div>
</body>
</html>

djjjozsi

if its working, or you haven't got error messages then i say this should be a wys to make it.

but,
in your code $_GET['place'] is undefined if the user call your page. Lets make IF condition to know if that value has set.

In this meaning 'title=$getValue ' i presuppose that you will insert gallery titles into the url? this is a bad idea. If these names comes from a database they usually have primary keys, taking advantage of this opportunity, in your select identity the suitable rows with their ID number instead.