i cant pass a variable

[Anon]

just made a php file that querie a mysql db and display the data to html...i also made an hyperlink that links to another php file

like this

<a href="file2.php?userID=<?php echo $userID ?>VIEW</a>

userID return a data when the first php file queries the db and that data will be use as aa look up or index in quering the info and displaying the info in the file2.php....but when i click it the file2.php appeared and no data is displayed.did i miss something

[aaronott]

do you have more code we can look at? perhaps file2.php

[Anon]

If you are using php 4.2.1 then you need to add this line for each variable passed with the URL:

$userID = $_GET["userID"];

This should work.
Just noticed that you did not close off your href with double quotes. should be:

<a href="file2.php?userID=<?php echo $userID ?>">VIEW</a>

or a shortcut would be like this:

<a href="file2.php?userID=<?= $userID?> ">VIEW</a>

Good luck

[okyejr]

or you can edit the file php.ini,and set register_globals=On