Passing/getting a variable

bali2002

Hi guys hope you can help me.
this string:

produces this output:
http://articlelink.php/?tid=<? echo $_GET['kw']; ?>

for some reason the variable 'kw' is not transfered from the link: http://link.php?kw=whatever

Any help?

halojoy

One possible rweason can be
your webserver does not allow php_short_tag (setting in php.ini)
which means short tag <? will not work
This is the reason we ALWAYS should use full <?php in our scripts.

Not sure it is your issue
but try

<a href="{$article.link}?tid=<?php echo $_GET['kw']; ?>">

bali2002

No, sorry that doesn't work (and I know my webserver does allow php_short_tag )

bali2002

Actually, I'v just noticed it is template file (.tpl). The template engine probably does not parse PHP in the template.

Any solution?

Weedpacket

The template engine should provide facilities either for embedding explicit PHP or accessing variables or both; consult its documentation to see what they are.

halojoy

bali2002;10940518 wrote:
Actually, I'v just noticed it is template file (.tpl). The template engine probably does not parse PHP in the template.

Any solution?

You need to run it from one .php file.
This is normally no problem,
as .tpl files are always included in one .php file.
We never run template.tpl directly

The other solution is of course to use template.php