url variable

[fred asselyon]

Is there any way to send a variable from a text link without a form?For example, I have a link here:

<a href="somefile.php">a hyperlink</a>

I've read something about an url variable (i think it's related to GET method)Is there any way that i can make this link opens the url AND send a variable to it so that it can be processed by the "somefile.php"? Let's say that I have a variable $var_string. Can I make the link send the variable to it? If I can, how should I name it? should i use the _GET thing?

[Jack McKalling]

Have this:...href="somefile.php?var_string=value":)Then the file somefile.php gets the variable $var_string with value "value" :)You can retreive it there by $_GET['var_thing']Alternatively, copy the value into a loose variable, by extract($_GET),which creates the variable $var_string from $_GET['var_string']

Edited December 17, 2005 by Dan The Prof

[fred asselyon]

What if i want to send few variables? Can I?

[Jack McKalling]

Yes you can, you should add more variables at the end of the url by using the ampersand ( & ) between the value of the last and the variablename of the next variable.A URL can look like this:

http://www.somesite.com/some_folder/filename.php?variable1=something&variable2=somethingelse&variable3=somethingmore

So if a query is added to the url, it begins with a questionmark ( ? ). If more variables are used, they should be separated by ampersands ( & ).

[fred asselyon]

Great! Problem solved. Thanks for your help!

[Jack McKalling]

Anytime