[SOLVED] breaking up the query string dynamicly?

[dj-kenpo]

I know this is a weird question, but bear with me.

 

using $Get_string = $_SERVER['QUERY_STRING']; to receive a query string such as

month=may&$day=15&year=2006

 

so that $Get_string = "month=may&$day=15&year=2006"

 

can I separate the values and turn them into variables? (like a normally would with a url get)

 

$month = "may"

$day= "15" etc

 

it would be great to just do $_GET on the url but I'm sending the string as a variable to another script... so i can't just go the easy route.

 

hope this question makes sense

 

thanks, cheers!

[taith]

i really dont suggest it... but here

http://ca3.php.net/manual/en/function.extract.php

[dj-kenpo]

why do you not suggest it?

[taith]

huge security risk... for example... anybody could type in ?month=12&year=2006&security=1|0|1|1... and if you have a $_SESSION[security], it just got changed to 1|0|1|1, and if you use that way of securing... they then can have full access... or whatnot...

[dj-kenpo]

ahhh, I see.

 

I just found string parse, so I think that will work.

 

it also seems more secure. do you agree? I think it answers another guys question too...

 

http://ca.php.net/manual/en/function.parse-str.php

 

<?php

$str = "first=value&arr[]=foo+bar&arr[]=baz";

parse_str($str);

echo $first;  // value

echo $arr[0]; // foo bar

echo $arr[1]; // baz

 

parse_str($str, $output);

echo $output['first'];  // value

echo $output['arr'][0]; // foo bar

echo $output['arr'][1]; // baz

 

?>

[kenrbnsn]

The extract() function is not what the OP needs. The parse_str() function will do what is asked.

 

Ken

[dj-kenpo]

I feel like an idiot answering my own question.