Help with $_Get

[Hassanain]

Hi all,

I am a newbie and i am facing a major PROBLEM with my code ..

i have done the following code and it was working properly on my machine because i had the global variables thingy set to ON .. now i transfered my work to University machine global variables are set to off ..

The technician recommended me to use the $_Get command instead of using it the way i am at the moment

The recent code is

[code]
<a href="?p=register">Register Now</a>

<? if ($p =="") {?>

blah blah blah

<? }

if ($p =="regtister") {?>

blah blah blah

<? } ?>
[/code]

I dont know how i can replace it with $_Get :(

[AndyB]

It's GET, not Get .. and it was sound advice from the technician. Try this:
[code]<a href="?p=register">Register Now</a>

<? if ($_GET['p'] =="") {?>

blah blah blah

<? }

if ($_GET['p'] =="register") {?>

blah blah blah

<? } ?>[/code]

[Yesideez]

Try this:[code]<a href="?p=register">Register Now</a>
<?php $p=$_REQUEST['p'];
if (empty($p)) {?>
  blah blah blah
<? }
if ($p=="regtister") {?>
blah blah blah
<? } ?>[/code]Rather than test for "" when checking $p I've opted to use the empty() function. When pulling values off a URL I prefer to use $_REQUEST - just my choice as I prefer to use $_GET with using forms with method=get. You can change it to $_GET if you want.

[SharkBait]

Take it one set further and use

[code]
if(isset($_GET['p'])) {
  if($_GET['p'] == "register") {
    // Do stuff
  }
}
[/code]

Check to make sure the url actually has the variable in it else it might not like it depending on how your error reporting is set.

[Yesideez]

The poor lad is gonna be soooo confused...

(ps stick with Andy's - he's a mod ;))

[QuietWhistler]

You might want to consider to use a switch..case statement. Like this:

[code]
switch( $_GET[ 'p' ] )
{
    case 'register':
          //do stuff
          break;
    case 'logout':
          //do other stuff
          break;
    default:
          //do default stuff (so if 'p' is empty or anything else that isn't in the statement above)
}
[/code]