auto redirection problem

[mannyee]

hi guys!!

 

I am having a tough time in automatically passing a variable from one page to another through query string.

 

For instance, in the following code when the case is modify (the following code is in the index.php and $catId is the value obtained when a user clicks modify link in the index.php), i would like to pass the $catId automatically to modify.php without the user knowing anything about what's going on...

 

 

case 'modify' :

$catId=$_GET['catId'];

$content = 'modify.php';

$pageTitle = 'Shop Admin Control Panel - Modify Category';

break;

 

 

i perceived a wild idea(i'm a php newbie) as follows:

 

case 'modify' :

$catId=$_GET['catId'];

$content = 'modify.php?catId=$catId';

$pageTitle = 'Shop Admin Control Panel - Modify Category';

break;

 

but that din't work.....so pls help guys.....

[inversesoft123]

case 'modify' :
$catId=$_GET['catId'];
$content = "http://domain.com/modify.php?catId=$catId";
header("Location: $content");
$pageTitle = 'Shop Admin Control Panel - Modify Category';
break;

[mannyee]

thanks for your reply.....

 

but alas.... i must say that because of me not being able to explain properly about the situation in words (since english is not my mother language), although the solution you gave me works, i am not getting what i want.....

 

actually, "modify.php"  is a page where user doesn't have to view(or do anything else).....its more of a template which contains a form and where certain actions take place and for those actions to take place.....$_GET['catId'] is required......

 

this page is then assigned to $content in the case and later when the switch case exits.....

i use the function

 

require_once '../include/template.php';

 

 

the template.php looks as follows

 

td width="600" valign="top" class="contentArea"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="20">
        <tr>
          <td>
<?php
require_once $content;	 
?>
          </td>
        </tr>

 

 

the template.php is a templating file which i use for all other pages add.php,delete.php etc.

 

what i want is not redirect a user to the modify.php page (as i mentioned in the subject....pardon me).....only just to pass the $catId variable using get method

 

 

if u guys still don't understand yet and don't mind to peek into can i paste few code snippets so that you can understand the abstract?

[inversesoft123]

Don't do anything.  :-)

 

The variable is already there, just use it.

 

You may want to study up on "scope" however:

http://php.net/manual/en/language.variables.scope.php

 

If you are in a function, you need to pass $name to that function, or

you need to declare it "global"  Passing it in is almost always

better.

 

If you just want the original $_GET data, raw and unfiltered, $_GET is

a "superglobal" and you can juse it anywhere, any time.