Is there a way to do this?

[damdempsel]

Is there a way to read the end of a url and then put that into a text field? For example: damdempsel.com/message.php?username=damdempsel would have the username damdempsel in the text field. I don't want to add the data to the url, I want to get the data.

Thanks.

[premiso]

You hit the nail on the head "get" data.

 

$username = isset($_GET['username'])?$_GET['username']:'';
echo $username;

 

isset tests if the data has been set, if not the ? and : (ternary operator) is like a short if else, if it was set set $username to the get data, else set it to blank to avoid errors further down the line.

 

Hope that helps ya.

[damdempsel]

Thank you very much!

[damdempsel]

Gah, how do I mark this as solved? It seems to have moved since the last time I needed it.

[premiso]

Gah, how do I mark this as solved? It seems to have moved since the last time I needed it.

 

The new forum upgrade removed that addon for now as it has to be re-coded etc.