yup, $_GET to get stuff from the URL $_POST to get stuff from the form $_SESSION to get stuff from the session $_FILES in case you have files in your form, they will be stored here -- itoctopus - http://www.itoctopus.com ""Anthony J. Maske"" <ajmaske@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:001c01c77bea$e000c8e0$1501a8c0@xxxxxxx > See... the second I sent this I took a sip of red-bull and my brain cleared > up... > > $topicID = $_GET['showtopic']; > > Right? > > > > > Anthony J. Maske > ajmaske@xxxxxxxxxxx > http://home.comcast.net/~ajmaske > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Anthony J. Maske [mailto:ajmaske@xxxxxxxxxxx] > Sent: Tuesday, April 10, 2007 8:33 PM > To: PHP General > Subject: Retrieving parameters passed from .html...? > > Hey all, > > My first post here..., new to php and so far doing great picking it up... > but, tonight I'm having a brain fart... > > How do you pick up (read) the parameters passed into a php script from an > html file? > > Given... http://somewhere/dosomething.php?showtopic=99999 > > How do you read or get the value showtopic and the value of 99999? > > I know this is simple but I'm pulling my hair out here... > > > Thanks! > > > > Anthony > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
