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[louis_coetzee]

Hi guys, sorry for what i am about to ask, if it is to of a stupid question, but....okay here it goes.

 

Normally when you use

<form method="get" action="what.php">
<input type="text" name="textfield" id="textfield" />
<input type="submit" name="button" id="button" value="Submit" />
</form>

this would look something like this: http://localhost/what.php?textfield=enteredtext

This is how I use it

 

how does this work?

http://www.anc.org.za/show.php?doc=lists/miscpix.html

it is the normal show.php?doc=list /miscpix.html don't understand how this works? (I don't understand the bolded part)

 

and for example when you get a # in the url?

What is it used for?

 

How does all this work? Is there somewhere that I can go and read about this?

 

Thanks in advance.

Louis

[premiso]

That code essentially includes a file in the path of lists/miscpx.html to make it more "dynamic". Without the proper code, that could be a very bad thing allowing your site to be hacked.

 

As far as the # in the url, maybe look into the urlencode function at php.net. Get data has to "flow" so as such spaces turn into %20 and other items are changed as well.

 

EDIT:

To further clarify, you do not have to post from a form to set get data.

 

I can set it to be anything by typing it in the browser or adding it to a link on a website. http://www.google.com/search?q=test  should run a google search on "test". That is why GET data is for, so you can bookmark/link a site and go right to that page, vs having to just goto google.com and re-type it in.

[Maq]

Here's a Basic Example.