[SOLVED] Gah! What's the name of a PHP file extension (?id=0 things)? More in thread!!

[gergy008]

I forgot completely!

 

Where the end of a php file has something like

 

play.php?game=pacman

 

Whats the bit after the extension called?

[asmith]

Query string?

[Prismatic]

Actually that doesn't have anything to do with PHP, it's all Apache (or whatever web server flavor you're using).

 

It creates a superglobal array in php under the $_GET variable.

[corbin]

Actually that doesn't have anything to do with PHP, it's all Apache (or whatever web server flavor you're using).

 

It creates a superglobal array in php under the $_GET variable.

 

 

Technically speaking Apache doesn't create anything in PHP; it just passes the data to PHP and PHP does all the creating.  In CGI mode, the query string is assigned to an environmental variable (similar to your PATH variable, not the PHP environ. var. kind), and POST data is written to stdin.  Not sure how it works when it's an Apache module.

[gergy008]

Thanks guys, I need to know how to use this so can somebody explain how to use it?

 

I'm after making a play.php page, And the page will display a game depending on the ?gme=whatever tag at the end.

 

It's just so people can't grab the URL to the game and steal them. You have to unlock games to play them thats all

[gergy008]

I'll put this solved and start another for the question above.

 

Cheers!