Question regarding PHP

[firecat318]

I wanted to make a page on my website that would have multiple topics, and didn't want them to all be on seperate .html pages.  I also don't want to put them on the same page, because it would be too long. 

 

Here is a URL of facebook that replicates what I am talking about.

 

http://www.facebook.com/help.php?page=432

 

Notice how after the help.php it has ?page=432...

How do you get the ?page=432 to show up and have content on it?

 

 

[iarp]

Most likely calls upon a database to retrieve whatever is in # 432 in the table.

[phpretard]

What shows up now?

[phpretard]

Some pages for example...432.php might be written as such:

 

if (You aint got no business here){

 

echo "Nonya Business";

 

}

 

else {

 

echo "Here's Ya Business";

 

}

[947740]

They probably use a $_GET variable and then write/echo/print content dependent on the number.

 

Kind of similar to this website, at the top you have "action=???".  That tells the PHP what exactly you are doing.

 

phpretard gave an example, but I did not understand his point at first.  He/she is making the same point, however.

[firecat318]

How would you go about making an extension.. ?blah=33

Would you write the code right on the "help.php" page for example?

[947740]

If that is the text before the?blah=33.  www.whatever.com/help.php?blah=33.  So yes, you would write the code on that page.  It is just a variable.