[SOLVED] Echo inside include?

[mnybud]

Newbie questions time

 

I am trying to accomplish the following:

 

I have a url formated like this:

http://www.domain.com/?word_I_want=thisword

 

I can echo "thisword" fine on my page with

 <?PHP  echo $_REQUEST['word_I_want']; ?>

 

But I also need to include it within this after ?query=

<?PHP include("parser.php?query=word_I_want") ?>

 

I know this should be simple but I have tried several variations of what I thought might work and keep getting syntax errors. Can anyone help me out please?

[JasonLewis]

All you need to do is retrieve the variable THEN include the file and due to the scope of the variable it should be accessible in the included file.

 

$variable = $_GET['word_I_want'];

include("page.php");

 

page.php:

echo $variable;

 

Also, use $_GET for retrieving variables from the URL, not $_REQUEST because that also stores the $_POST variables. You're better off specifying the one you want.

[mnybud]

Hi thanks for the reply and I understand the best way would be to echo the $variable; in the included php directly but that page is complex and over my head to edit. Is there a way I can just echo it within the include on the actual page like I asked above?

[timmah1]

Why couldn't you just do like this?

 

$variable = $_GET['word_I_want'];
include("parser.php?query=".$variable."");

[mnybud]

you rock. thanks much!!