PHP Web Address

[chordsoflife]

So I'm trying to make my own PHP CMS by using a few tutorials on A List Apart, but I don't understand what's going on.

 

Can anyone explain how to/what is the "?=" thing in the link? I've split everything and included everything, yet nothing is dynamic. I still have to hand code every page. I think I just don't understand the concept and it seems to be left out. What don't I get?

[ToonMariner]

I don't think you are quite ready yet...

 

have a read up on how data(information) is passed between pages via a browser

[JD*]

Those are variables. You can use those to pass information to a page (using $_GET) to do database queries or affect other code on the page.

 

For example, if I wanted to make something that displays a news article, my URL may look like

 

article.php?id=15

 

then in my page I will have code like

 

mysql_query("SELECT * FROM news WHERE ID = '".$_GET['id']."'") or die(mysql_error()); 

 

That will make my query dynamic, only selected the record with an ID of what I want at the time.