using "<form method=get...", it is automatically generated but you can also do it manually in your anchor tag like so: <a href=" www.domain.com/index.php?id=35&format=html">click me</a> in your php you can get its value by use of the $_GET variable. hth, john On 11/13/06, Thomas Bonham <thomasbonham@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Thank you for that, it was a big help. Can I also call function that way? Again thank you for your help. Thomas Tom Chubb wrote: > On 12/11/06, Thomas Bonham <thomasbonham@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> Hi All, >> >> I keep seeing the ? mark after many file names index.php?id=234. >> >> So what I would like to know is how do you make them. I have heard that >> they can make a programs life sampler when doing somethings with a >> database. >> >> Thank you, >> >> Thomas >> >> -- >> PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) >> To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php >> >> > You can retrieve variables from the URL using the GET method. This is > similar to using the POST method with data from forms. > A typical url with something like > www.domain.com/index.php?id=35&format=html would provide the page with > two variables, id & format. > It's the equivalent of putting the following in the page. > $id = 35; > $format = 'html'; > > This is popular with simple CMS/Templating systems where you use a > standard page and the id variable loads the relevant article text. > > Hope that helps. > > Tom -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
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