[SOLVED] question mark in url

[blufish]

the URL of the page I'm editing this on is:

 

http://www.phpfreaks.com/forums/index.php?action=post;board=1.0

 

I wanna know how to use the red text so it finds if the person entered something like action=post.

 

Any help is appreciated

[garry]

$action = $_GET['action']

 

echo $action;

[blufish]

would $_POST work or is it just $_GET?

 

thanks 

[minidak03]

would $_POST work or is it just $_GET?

 

thanks 

 

When dealing with the URL you can only use $_GET

 

Think of form data with method="POST" that is when you use the $_POST var but you always use $_GET when dealing with urls like mysite.com?action=true

[blufish]

thanks