Shiloh, I'm kind of a latecomer here, but on my system, this works: <? if(isset($county_id)) { print "<p>COUNTY ID: $county_id<br>\n"; } else { } print "No County ID<br>\n"; ?> <p> <a href="<?= $PHP_SELF ?>?county_id=17089">17089</a><br> <a href="<?= $PHP_SELF ?>?county_id=99999">99999</a> Can't think why you wouldn't be able to access that value unless you're accidently clearing it before checking it. If you're trying to access $county_id from inside a function, though, you'll need to declare it as a global so the function won't think you're referencing a local variable by the same name, i.e. function process_submit() { global $county_id; print "ID: $county_id<br>\n"; } > -----Original Message----- > From: Shiloh Madsen [mailto:shiloh_madsen@nsc-support.com] > Sent: Friday, October 10, 2003 5:58 PM > To: php-db@lists.php.net > Subject: argh! still not able to get my variables > > > First off, thank you to all the people who have helped me so > far with passing variables in a URL. I THINK it worked, but > it would appear not to have. > > this is the line in the page with the link: > > <a href='detail.php?county_id=$county_id'>$name</a> > > So what this should do is make the line item be a hyperlink > to a detail page for the county. When i click the link, the > address shows up as: > > http://cis1.elgin.edu/cis21020/detail.php?county_id=17089 > > so it appears to be passing the information. > > The thing is, i cant refrence that variable...maybe in doing > it wrong, but i dont know. > > Ive tried echoing $county_id and nothing shows up. Someone > else suggested that i put var_dump($_GET); > into the page to see if it shows up in the variable list. > When i insert this line, the page only says NULL. What in the > world am I doing wrong? > > -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php