How to make a page such as page.php?1 etc

[CrazeD]

How do I make a page with the ".php?page=1" or something like that?

 

Or, what is this called, so I can research it?

 

Thanks.

[shank888]

$action = $_GET['action'];

if (ACTION)
{
page to be displayed here
}

 

 

to view page:

http://url.com/file.php?action=ACTION

 

 

I hope this is what you mean

 

 

[CrazeD]

Yes that's what I mean, but could you explain in more detail how to use it, or provide some source to read about it? I'm still lost...

 

Thanks.

[heckenschutze]

Its called a query string. PHP parsers everything after the filename in the format ?key=value into the $_GET superglobal array)...

 

You can test this like:

<?php
echo "<pre>";
print_r($_GET);
echo "</pre>";
?>

 

Basically this allows you to pass small amounts of information from page to page, (information that you don't mind the user from easily editing)...

You can read about it briefly at: http://php.net/manual/en/reserved.variables.php#reserved.variables.get

 

hth!

 

[redarrow]

test.php

<?php

echo"<a href='test_result.php?php=nice'>goto my page</a>";

?>

 

test_result.php

<?php

if($_GET['php']=="nice"){

echo"hello i am redarrow hows you mate";

}else{

echo "Why are you trying to hack me!";
}
?>

[heckenschutze]

Ahh, redarrow your example crack me up everytime

[CrazeD]

Its called a query string. PHP parsers everything after the filename in the format ?key=value into the $_GET superglobal array)...

 

You can test this like:

<?php
echo "<pre>";
print_r($_GET);
echo "</pre>";
?>

 

Basically this allows you to pass small amounts of information from page to page, (information that you don't mind the user from easily editing)...

You can read about it briefly at: http://php.net/manual/en/reserved.variables.php#reserved.variables.get

 

hth!

 

 

Thanks, but I know what the $_GET does...I just don't know how to make different pages with it.

 

redarrow: This is kind of what I want, but I wanted it in one page and to show something different. I put it in one page, with this:

<?php

echo"<a href='test_result.php?php=nice'>goto my page</a>";

if($_GET['php']=="nice"){

echo"hello i am redarrow hows you mate";

}
?>

 

But, it shows "goto my pagehello i am redarrow hows you mate" when I click the link. Can I make a whole new page, IE: so it just says "hello i am redarrow hows you mate"?

 

 

Thanks.

[heckenschutze]

eg...

<?php

switch($_GET['page'])
{
case "page1":
	echo "page1";
break;

case "page2":
	echo "page2";
break;

case "default":
	echo "my default page";
break;
}
?>