How to link a url to this php?

[11Tami]

Hello, here is some code that if show is in a url and is equal to 1 then the following php text should appear. Problem is when I put in a url like this http://www.website.com/show=1.php nothing happens. When I use this http://www.website.com/page.php?show=1  It doesn't like that either, it says a question ? mark cannot be used in a url address. Please someone let me know the proper way to do this. To link a url to this code.....Thank you very much

 

<?php
$show = $_GET['show'];
if($show == 1){
   print 'text here';
}
?>

[skali]

<a href='website.com/your_page_with_code.php?show=1'>show me</a>

[11Tami]

Thanks, but I don't know what you mean. I need to know what to name the page? If I name it something like this....    code.php?show=1        I cannot upload it to my ftp account. It says it will not take the question mark in the url address. Should this be happening?

 

 

<?php

$show = $_GET['show'];

if($show == 1){

  print "text";

}

?>

 

 

[Jessica]

The page is just code.php. When you link to the page, you make the link have show=1.

Are you being serious? I think you're having a joke at us at this point. You've spent at least a week on how to do a query string...

[11Tami]

Very nice, its only been 3 days. Some of us don't do query strings.

[heckenschutze]

... Query strings is one of the main methods to transport information from page to page... + recv' input

[TRI0N]

First off your URL sting needs to be:

 

http://www.website.com/page.php?show=1

 

Inside page.php you need to have the follwoing

 

<?php

$show = $_REQUEST['show'] ;

 

if ($show == 1) {

  print "Hello World";

}

if ($show == 2) {

print "Goodbye World";

}

?>

 

 

Now you should see that if you follow that URL to the page you have the code inside of.  If you are getting that error message means your Web Server is not configured correctly for PHP and that is the main problem.

[11Tami]

Thank you very much Trion. You were the only one that full explained it to me in detail instead of just throwing me the code without saying how to use it. It works great! I'll send you a thank you.