[SOLVED] Trouble with passing variable via URL

[doucie]

OK, I have the following code in my 1st page and I am trying to pass the variable query_number through to the page query_details.php via a link

while ($row=mysql_fetch_array($result)){
$query_number=$row['query_number'];
$query_type=$row['query_type'];
$query_status=$row['query_status'];
$client=$row['client'];
$client_ref=$row['client_ref'];
$debt_ref=$row['debt_ref'];
$query_date=$row['query_date'];
$user=$row['user'];
echo "<tr><td><a href='query_details.php?=query_number=$query_number'</td>" . $query_number;

The URL looks OK - http://localhost/Query%20System/query_details.php?=query_number=10

However in my receiving page I have put the following echo command but nothing is returned.  Help?

echo $_GET['query_number'];

[paul2463]

Hi Doucie
the URL should look like this
[code]

http://localhost/Query%20System/query_details.php?query_number=10 // without the first = sign after the ?

[/code]
Paul

[doucie]

OK it now reads http://localhost/Query%20System/query_details.php?query_number=2

There is still no variable displayed in the receiving page

[paul2463]

do me a favour and store the $_GET variable as another variable and try and echo that out
[code]
<?php

$myvar = $_GET['query_number'];
echo $myvar;

?>
[/code]

[doucie]

OK did that.
<?php
$number=$_GET['$query_number'];
echo $number;
?>

Still nothing, no errors either, just a blank page.

[paul2463]

[quote]
OK did that.
<?php
$number=$_GET['$query_number'];
echo $number;
?>

Still nothing, no errors either, just a blank page.
[/quote]
if you did this you will not get anything the variable name in the $_GET square barckets should n ot have a $ sign on it because the URL $_GET variable does not have a $ sign on it

do me another favour

[code]

print_r($_GET);

[/code]

[wildteen88]

this code:
[code]echo "<tr><td><a href='query_details.php?=query_number=$query_number'</td>" . $query_number;[/code]
Is not valid. You have not finish creating the link. This should do:
[code]
echo '<tr><td><a href="query_details.php?query_number=' . $query_number . '">$query_number</a></td>";
[/code]

Also please note that file/folder names should not have spaces in them. You should use either a hyphen (-) or an underscore (_) in replacement of the space.

[xyn]

The problem is the _
I found the only way around it is doing this...

query.number=
replacing the _ with a .

[doucie]

Works!  Simple when you know how.  Cheers guys.